When Ryan Day was asked on National Signing Day in February for his opinion on the increase of transfers in college football, Ohio State’s new head coach said he would be in favor of limiting teams to bringing in just two scholarship transfers per calendar year.
At the time, Ohio State was only anticipating two transfer additions this offseason – quarterback Justin Fields from Georgia and offensive lineman Jonah Jackson from Rutgers – and had only lost two players to transfers, Tate Martell (Miami) and Keandre Jones (Maryland). Day also said on that day that the Buckeyes would continue to make recruiting players out of high school their priority and that they would be “very, very careful” about adding transfers, only doing so when they identify “a great fit” at a position of need.