It’s impossible to tell exactly how much NIL and revenue sharing dollars factored into Felix Ojo’s decision to attend Texas Tech, but there’s no denying it was a factor.
Being a five-star offensive tackle, Ojo represented what’s been a desperate recruiting desire for the Buckeyes for the better part of a decade. Ohio State hasn’t landed a five-star offensive line bookender from outside The Buckeye State since Nicholas Petit-Frere signed on in the class of 2018. The Buckeyes haven’t landed a top-100 OT in general since Ohio five-star Paris Johnson Jr. in 2020 – not counting Donovan Jackson in 2021 – though Sam Greer (the composite No.