Kye Stokes Eager to Prove Ohio State Right for Believing In Him

It’s not too often that Ohio State accepts a commitment from a prospect who doesn’t even have a composite recruiting ranking, but the Buckeyes did with Kye Stokes.

At the time Stokes committed to Ohio State on May 2, 2021, Stokes was an unheralded three-star recruit who was ranked as the 77th-best player in the state of Florida and the 56th-best athlete – the catch-all term used by recruiting websites for players whose future position is uncertain – in the recruiting class of 2022 by 247Sports. But Ohio State believed in his potential, which made an impression on Stokes.

“Frankly, it didn’t really matter to me,” Stokes said of flying under the radar. “I just wanted to go and prove myself. But…