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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.

Burton staying home

It did not come as any sort of shock, but on Sunday evening four-star Frederick Douglass (Ky.) offensive lineman Jager Burton – the No. 125 overall player, No. 8 offensive guard and No. 1 player in Kentucky's 2021 class – chose to stay home by committing to the Wildcats.

I know that we keep rehashing our visit with Burton in July, but in an extensive interview with Eleven Warriors, the 6-foot-4, 270-pound athlete detailed why Kentucky, Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama and Alabama made his final five.