{"id":355478,"date":"2026-06-30T07:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355478\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T07:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:30:37","slug":"5-star-dl-marcus-fakatou-makes-commitment-between-ohio-state-georgia-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355478\/","title":{"rendered":"5-Star DL Marcus Fakatou Makes Commitment Between Ohio State, Georgia, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State has a new blue-chip defensive lineman.<\/p>\n

Marcus Fakatou, a 5-star defensive lineman from California’s Sierra Canyon, committed to Ohio State over Texas and Georgia on Monday, per Hayes Fawcett of On3. <\/p>\n

Fakatou is considered the No. 26 overall prospect in the Class of 2027, the No. 3 player from the state of California and the No. 2 defensive lineman overall, per 247Sports’ Composite Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andrew Ivins of the scouting site described him as a “rugged defensive lineman with a sky-scraping frame and a wide base that wins primarily with effort and energy” and suggested he’s “likely to kick inside at the next level, but could settle in as a 4i in an odd front as that would allow him to read, react and create up-field push.”<\/p>\n

Fakatou also has a background as a rugby player, so there’s no doubting his athleticism. But his 6’6″ and 275-pound frame is also impressive and gives him dynamic upside at the next level.<\/p>\n

Ohio State, meanwhile, keeps loading up on the recruiting trail. Fakatou is the third 5-star addition for a 2027 class that currently ranks seventh<\/a> in the nation in 247Sports’ Composite Rankings, joining 5-star edge DJ Jacobs and 5-star wideout Jamier Brown. The Buckeyes have also received commitments from 13 4-stars. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ohio State has a new blue-chip defensive lineman. Marcus Fakatou, a 5-star defensive lineman from California’s Sierra Canyon,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-355478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}