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Impact of Clark Phillips' Flip to Utah

The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.

Clark Phillips III had been committed to Ohio State since June, giving co-defensive coordinator/secondary coach Jeff Hafley the nation's No. 4-ranked cornerback, and when No. 5-ranked safety Lathan Ransom committed less than a month later, it gave Hafley two of the best defensive athletes in the country to develop into the Buckeyes' defensive backfield of the future.

Two-thirds of that fearsome trio will not be with the Buckeyes next season.