The next player in the Land-Grant Holy Land player preview series is the second incoming freshman that will enter the Ohio State basketball program this season: Malaki Branham.
Branham is a 6foot-5, 180-pound combo guard and is the highest ranked recruit in the Chris Holtmann era in Columbus. Branham was ranked 34th in the 2021 recruiting class according to 247 Sports’ composite rating. He was the top-ranked player in Ohio and the seventh rated guard in the class.
The previously highest ranked recruit in the Holtmann era was DJ Carton, who was ranked 35th.