Ohio State quickly identified 2023 Texas cornerback Calvin Simpson-Hunt as a player it had to have last spring.
The four-star prospect had just finished a breakout junior season and picked up a plethora of offers in the spring, including Alabama, LSU, Baylor, Florida, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas and USC. Problem was, he was already committed to Texas Tech and had been since November.
That didn’t stop the Buckeyes from putting a full-court press on Simpson-Hunt anyway. The Texas prospect only took two official visits this summer, one to Ohio State and one to Texas Tech.