Stars matter, and Ohio State has as many as ever before.
In 2015, the Buckeyes had four five-star prospects on their roster, and they only had three five-stars on their 2016 team. Those numbers seem quaint nowadays.
Ohio State will enter the fall expected to tie its modern recruiting era record – that it set last season – with 13 one-time five-star recruits taking the field together. Three came in 2017, four were part of the 2018 class, three joined in 2019 and three enrolled early spring. To put them into perspective, the rest of the Big Ten combined signed 11 five-star prospects between the 2017 and 2020 classes, and a few are no longer in the conference.