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Mark Pantoni Says Ohio State “May Have To Pull Out” of Recruiting National Prospects Earlier if NIL is Driving Force in Their Recruitments

Ohio State is a month removed from its season ending with a last-second defeat in the Peach Bowl at the hands of Georgia.

But there’s been no offseason for assistant athletic director of player personnel Mark Pantoni and his recruiting staff. Over the last few months, Pantoni has worked hard to complete the Buckeyes’ 2023 recruiting class and evaluate prospects for OSU to target in the transfer portal.

When the dust cleared on National Signing Day on Wednesday, OSU had signed 20 high school prospects in the 2023 cycle, all of whom signed during the Early Signing Period, and five transfer portal players, giving them 25 new additions in total for next season.