To put the finishing touches on Ohio State’s 2023 recruiting class, OSU general manager Mark Pantoni put in overtime between signing 20 high school seniors in December and helping the Buckeyes land five transfers.
“Overall and in this NIL world, I think we're very pleased,” Pantoni said regarding his thought’s on OSU’s 2023 class when he met reporters on Feb. 1. “You know, we signed 20 guys. The number may not be as high, but I think that's mostly because we had a lot of guys return, whether it was Cade Stover, Xavier Johnson, or Tommy Eichenberg. So those are like recruiting wins for us when we can get those caliber of players back and so that's why we're on the lesser side overall.