u200bTop to bottom and on a player-by-player basis, the sheer wealth and depth of talent in the Buckeyes’ 2021 class is better than any other in America. It further proves any previous doubters wrong about Ryan Day’s recruiting chops (and his staff’s recruiting chops) and ability to lead Ohio State into a new era.
What makes the class even more impressive is how this 19-man haul stacks up to, and even surpasses, Day’s first class and the eight classes of the Urban Meyer era – and other programs’ classes over the past nine years, with a long way still to go.