{"id":410807,"date":"2026-01-16T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/410807\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:58:08","slug":"former-georgia-cornerback-dominick-kelly-commits-to-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/410807\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Georgia Cornerback Dominick Kelly Commits to Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                   Ohio State has added two transfer cornerbacks in one day.                <\/p>\n<p>\n\tHours after former Alabama cornerback Cam Calhoun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elevenwarriors.com\/ohio-state-football-recruiting\/2026\/01\/161168\/former-alabama-cornerback-cam-calhoun-transfers-to-ohio-state\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">committed to the Buckeyes<\/a>, Ohio State added a transfer cornerback from another SEC power as former Georgia CB Dominick Kelly committed to Ohio State.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Kelly File<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tYear:\u00a0Sophomore<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSize:\u00a06-1\/190<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPos:\u00a0CB<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPrevious Schools:\u00a0Georgia (2025)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2025\u00a0Stats:\u00a03 tackles, 3 PBU<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKelly is transferring to Ohio State after one year at Georgia. A <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/dominick-kelly-46146129\/high-school-317797\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four-star recruit<\/a> in the 2025 class, Kelly recorded three tackles and three pass breakups as a freshman. Per Pro Football Focus, Kelly played 61 defensive snaps in 2025, allowing three catches for 73 yards and a touchdown on seven targets.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cEverything really happens for a reason and I\u2019m so glad to be here at Ohio State,\u201d Kelly told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/ohio-state-buckeyes\/news\/ohio-state-transfer-portal-commitment-dominick-kelly-georgia-cornerback-buckeyes-recruiting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lettermen Row<\/a>, who broke the news of Kelly\u2019s commitment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKelly brings three years of eligibility to the Buckeyes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKelly\u2019s addition alongside Calhoun\u2019s adds some much-needed depth for Ohio State at cornerback after the Buckeyes lost Aaron Scott Jr. and Bryce West to the transfer portal. Kelly will now compete with Calhoun, incoming freshmen Jordan Thomas and Jay Timmons, redshirt sophomore Miles Lockhart and redshirt freshman Jordyn Woods for position on the Buckeyes\u2019 depth chart.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKelly is Ohio State\u2019s 15th transfer commitment of 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOriginally a member of the 2026 recruiting class, Kelly signed with Georgia after reclassifying into the 2025 class. A Florida native who initially committed to USC before flipping to Georgia, Kelly did not receive an offer from Ohio State as a high school prospect at IMG Academy, but will now have the chance to play for the Buckeyes after showing his potential in limited action in one year as a Bulldog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ohio State has added two transfer cornerbacks in one day. Hours after former Alabama cornerback Cam Calhoun committed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-410807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}