\n Ohio State has already lined up a visit with the top linebacker in the transfer portal. <\/p>\n
\n\tFormer Pittsburgh linebacker Rasheem Biles,\u00a0a second-team All-ACC selection this season, will visit Ohio State on Monday, according to multiple reports.\n<\/p>\n
\n\t\tPittsburgh linebacker transfer Rasheem Biles plans to visit Ohio State next week, per @mzenitz<\/a>, @chris_hummer<\/a> and @CodyNagel247<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the top ranked players in the portal. https:\/\/t.co\/RyV1Q4t7Yg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Fbsx7HgkQz<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 247Sports Transfer Portal (@247SportsPortal) January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\tPitt LB Rasheem Biles is scheduled to visit Ohio State on Monday, his rep @thebizofathlete<\/a> tells @On3sports<\/a>.https:\/\/t.co\/O1KyRzxrp6<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/t0hcZmIATO<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos) January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tBiles was one of the most productive linebackers in all of college football this season, tying for seventh in the nation with 17 tackles for loss. He scored three defensive touchdowns in 2025, two on interceptions and one on a fumble return, and had 100 total tackles with 4.5 sacks, four pass breakups and two forced fumbles in just 10 games.\n<\/p>\n \n\tHe finished his three-year career at Pittsburgh with the best game of his career, recording 16 tackles with five tackles for loss, two sacks, a pass deflection and a forced fumble that he returned for a 23-yard touchdown in the Panthers\u2019 Military Bowl loss to East Carolina.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tRasheem Biles is the first player with 15 tackles, four TFL and a touchdown in any game in 18 years pic.twitter.com\/2iTJs08vfb<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) December 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tBiles, who played at Pickerington Central High School, is ranked by On3 as the No. 1 linebacker in the transfer portal<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n\tShould Ohio State land Biles, he\u2019d project as a likely replacement for his former high school teammate Sonny Styles, who\u2019s now exhausted his collegiate eligibility, as Ohio State\u2019s starting Will linebacker.\n<\/p>\n \n\tEven if Arvell Reese enters the NFL draft, Ohio State would have multiple candidates to start at linebacker next season already on the roster in\u00a0Payton Pierce and Riley Pettijohn. Biles, however, would give the Buckeyes a proven commodity at linebacker who\u2019s shown he can be a major playmaker, giving them good reason to make an all-out effort to bring Biles back to his hometown for his final year of collegiate eligibility.\n<\/p>\n