{"id":237181,"date":"2026-04-18T19:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237181\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:02:19","slug":"miami-misses-on-4-star-ot-jimmy-kalis-as-ohio-state-lands-blue-chip-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237181\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami misses on 4-star OT Jimmy Kalis as Ohio State lands blue-chip tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Miami stayed in the race until the end for four-star offensive tackle Jimmy Kalis, but the Pittsburgh Central Catholic standout is headed to Ohio State instead. Kalis announced Friday that he committed to the Buckeyes. The 6-foot-8, 280-pound lineman&#8217;s chose Ohio State over Georgia, Clemson, Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/caneswarning.com\/lsu-lands-former-miami-wr-commit-ah-mari-stevens-after-hurricanes-move-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami and LSU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Four-Star OT Jimmy Kalis has Committed to Ohio State, he tells me for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rivals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Rivals<\/a>\u2070\u2070The 6\u20198 280 OT from Pittsburgh, PA chose the Buckeyes over Georgia, Clemson, and Texas<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Jesus. Columbus I\u2019m Home. Go Bucks! \ud83c\udf30\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3PF61u5O1c\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/3PF61u5O1c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7c9JollR64\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7c9JollR64<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayesfawcett3\/status\/2045271691975131498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2026<\/a>4-star OT Jimmy Kalis commits to Ohio State, ending Miami&#8217;s pursuit<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">Kalis is one of the better tackle prospects in the 2027 cycle. 247Sports ranks him No. 197 overall, No. 24 among offensive tackles and No. 9 in Pennsylvania, while the 247Sports Composite places him No. 308 nationally and No. 31 at tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Miami&#8217;s 2027 classNick Lennear, WR: On3: No. 26 overall, No. 6 WR, No. 5 in Florida. 247Sports: No. 16 overall, No. 3 WR, No. 3 in Florida.Israel Abrams, QB: On3: No. 41 overall, No. 2 QB, No. 2 in Illinois. 247Sports: No. 14 overall, No. 2 QB, No. 1 in Illinois.Sean Tatum, IOL\/OT: On3: No. 154 overall, No. 9 IOL, No. 17 in Florida. 247Sports: No. 232 overall, No. 13 OT, No. 23 in Florida.Jaylyn Jones, S: On3: No. 259 overall, No. 25 S, No. 25 in Florida. 247Sports: No. 225 overall, No. 21 S, No. 21 in Florida.Demarcus Deroche, TE\/EDGE: On3: No. 269 overall, No. 13 TE, No. 26 in Florida. 247Sports: unranked nationally, No. 17 EDGE, No. 24 in Florida.Sherrod Gourdine, CB\/ATH: On3: No. 540 overall, No. 60 CB, No. 49 in Florida. 247Sports: unranked nationally, No. 45 ATH, No. 38 in Florida.Tyler Ford, IOL\/OT: On3: No. 570 overall, No. 40 IOL, No. 62 in Georgia. 247Sports: unranked nationally, No. 51 OT, No. 64 in Georgia.Josh Johnson, DL: On3: No. 663 overall, No. 67 DL, No. 75 in Florida. 247Sports: unranked nationally, No. 102 DL, No. 92 in Florida.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow caneswarning.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=caneswarning.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami stayed in the race until the end for four-star offensive tackle Jimmy Kalis, but the Pittsburgh Central&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-237181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}