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\n\t\tpic.twitter.com\/Omd7da7OO8<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/OTQKw4aCPS<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Chase Brown (@chaseabrown__) June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tHave a good Monday.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0TWO BIG BOOMS.\u00a0How about two weekend BOOMs for the Buckeyes?\n<\/p>\n \n\tFour-star offensive tackle Caden Moss committed to Ohio State<\/a> on Friday, and less than 24 hours later, three-star wide receiver Jordan Donahoo joined the class<\/a> on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMoss’ commitment was a significant recruiting win for Tyler Bowen. The four-star prospect became Ohio State’s third-highest-rated commit in the 2027 class, trailing only five-stars DJ Jacobs and Jamier Brown. Jacobs ranks No. 4 nationally in the cycle, Brown sits at No. 23 and Moss checks in at No. 72. Ohio State now has six top-100 prospects committed in the class, as four-stars Wyatt Smith, Kellen Wymer and Price Goldsby join Jacobs, Brown and Moss among the nation’s top 100 recruits.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tOhio State has landed a top-100 overall prospect from out-of-state on the offensive line for the first time in six recruiting cycles as Caden Moss committed to the Buckeyes on Friday.https:\/\/t.co\/JsZ93AW8U3<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JXtsi3NGTl<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Eleven Warriors (@11W) June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tMoss is Ohio State\u2019s first out-of-state top-100 offensive line prospect to commit to the Buckeyes since Donovan Jackson in 2021. That worked out pretty well for Ohio State, as Jackson developed into a first-team All-American and played a pivotal role in the Buckeyes\u2019 championship season, stepping in at\u00a0left tackle after season-ending injuries to Josh Simmons and Seth McLaughlin shook up the offensive line.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMoss has big shoes to fill, but at 6-foot-5, 320 pounds, he\u2019s more than built for the job. The first clip on his Hudl tape is the kind of rep that jumps off the screen \u2014 driving a defender into the end zone like Michael Oher in The Blind Side<\/a> \u2014 and it makes me think he\u2019ll live up to the expectations set before him in Columbus.\n<\/p>\n \n\tDonahoo had made official visits to Minnesota, Georgia Tech and Ohio State, and while he had trimmed his final schools down to the Buckeyes and Cincinnati, his commitment still came as a bit of a surprise on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\t#BOOM<\/a> Three-star 2027 wide receiver Jordan Donahoo commits to Ohio State.https:\/\/t.co\/NDKirgwZrw<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/F5OkQwR13G<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Eleven Warriors (@11W) June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tThe 6-foot-4, 191-pound wide receiver is a three-star recruit ranked as the No. 1,202 overall prospect in the 2027 class, but if Ryan Day and Cortez Hankton believe he can develop into a fit at Wide Receiver U, it\u2019s an addition worth trusting. Ohio State has found plenty of three-star hits under Day, dating back to his time as offensive coordinator, with names like Chris Olave and Brock Boyd coming to mind.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOf course, Boyd hasn\u2019t played an official snap in Columbus yet, but only Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate lost their black stripes quicker than him, so the early returns suggest he\u2019s on a strong trajectory.\n<\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019m not expecting Donahoo to follow that exact path, but with his multi-sport athletic profile as a football, basketball and track standout, there\u2019s real developmental upside for the Florida prospect.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0\u201cLOL.\u201d Caden Moss\u2019 commitment sparked some\u2026 interesting\u2026 reactions on Ole Miss message boards<\/a> Friday, and those posts eventually made their way to former Mississippi and Ohio State running back Quinshon Judkins\u2019 timeline over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn a now-deleted tweet, Judkins quoted this post from Message Board Geniuses with a simple \u201clol.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\t\t#OleMiss<\/a> lost an in-state recruit to #OhioState<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/2VhxmwIzsB<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tJudkins played two seasons at Ole Miss in 2022 and 2023, where he won SEC Freshman of the Year honors and earned back-to-back first-team All-SEC selections before transferring to Ohio State for the Buckeyes\u2019 championship season in 2024. In Columbus, he rushed for 1,060 yards and 14 touchdowns while splitting carries with TreVeyon Henderson.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOle Miss fans haven\u2019t exactly warmed to Judkins since his departure, with many Rebels supporters pointing to NIL as the driving factor<\/a> behind his move to Ohio State. Judkins addressed those narratives in his introductory press conference in Columbus, saying, \u201cA lot of people won\u2019t be happy when you make a decision for yourself.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\tJudkins got the last laugh with a national title \u2014 and he seems to be still enjoying it. A championship ring tends to afford you that luxury.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0A COMPETITIVE BATTLE? Former Ohio State All-American Jeff Okudah was in Columbus over the weekend for DeSales graduate Brian Asamoah\u2019s Rising Stars camp, a free event for 300 young football players in Central Ohio.\n<\/p>\n \n\t10TV\u2019s Adam King interviewed Okudah at the event, where he praised Devin Sanchez and Jermaine Mathews Jr. as future standouts in Ohio State\u2019s secondary. He also said a one-on-one rep between him and Jeremiah Smith would be a \u201ccompetitive battle.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tFormer Buckeye Jeff Okudah is all in on this years Buckeye Squad.<\/p>\n He says Devin Sanchez and Jermaine Matthews Jr are going to be special with this OSU defense.<\/p>\n I did ask him if he could go one-on-one with Jeremiah Smith here is his answer: pic.twitter.com\/eECJXu8T3Y<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Adam King (@AdamKing10TV) June 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tRespectfully, that\u2019s a tough matchup for anyone. Smith wins that rep nine times out of 10 \u2014 and the one he doesn\u2019t is probably 2019 Okudah, when he was at his peak as a first-team All-American with nine pass breakups and three interceptions. That\u2019s no slight to Okudah, who was elite in his final season in Columbus and went No. 3 overall in the 2020 NFL draft. It\u2019s just that Smith is that good.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0TAKE IT BACK TO THE 90S. The Athletic continued its rewind to the 1990s last week when Bruce Feldman ranked the top 25 players from the decade<\/a>. Two Buckeyes made the list, with Orlando Pace at No. 2 and Eddie George at No. 21.\n<\/p>\n \n\tNote: Don\u2019t look at who ranked No. 1.\n<\/p>\n \tNo. 2 – Orlando Pace<\/p>\n \n\t\tAt almost 6-7, 335 pounds with over 36-inch arms and nimble feet, the mammoth Buckeye was a prototype offensive tackle. He became only the second true freshman to start an opener for the Buckeyes and went on to win Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 1994. Over the next two seasons, Ohio State\u2019s left tackle didn\u2019t allow a sack as he became the first player to win the Outland Trophy twice. In 1995, he helped pave the way for Eddie George\u2019s Heisman win. The next season, Pace finished No. 4 in the Heisman voting \u2014 the best finish by an O-lineman in 23 seasons dating back to OSU\u2019s John Hicks finishing No. 2 in 1973.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tPace recorded a staggering 80 \u201cpancake blocks\u201d in his junior year, his last before he left to become the first pick in the 1997 NFL Draft.\n\t<\/p>\n \tNo. 21 – Eddie George<\/p>\n \n\t\tThe chiseled 6-3, 235-pound tailback looked like he was as big as some opposing defensive ends. In George\u2019s first two seasons at OSU, he was part of a stacked running back room and didn\u2019t have a major impact. But in 1994, he took over as the lead back and rushed for 1,353 yards and 12 TDs. The next season, he ran wild in the Big Ten. He also proved to be a big weapon as a receiver, and he capped his college career by beating out Nebraska\u2019s Tommie Frazier for the Heisman Trophy.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\tMan, football was elite in the 90s. There are some dudes on this list.\n<\/p>\n \n\tPace.\n<\/p>\n \n\tGeorge.\n<\/p>\n \n\tRandy Moss.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMarshall Faulk.\n<\/p>\n \n\tPeyton Manning.\n<\/p>\n \n\tChamp Bailey.\n<\/p>\n \n\tRay Lewis.\n<\/p>\n \n\tDudes!\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0SONG OF THE DAY. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” – Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0CUT TO THE CHASE. Scottie\u00a0Scheffler makes clutch putt to force Monday playoff against Viktor Hovland in Travelers Championship<\/a>…\u00a0Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ranch, is finally found<\/a>…\u00a0NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission<\/a>…\u00a0Alan Jackson’s emotional farewell concert: “If anyone has lived the American dream, it’s me”<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n