A wild new rumor making the rounds claims that the Ohio State football program lost a top recruit to Tennesee despite making a huge NIL offer.
Ohio State football is one of the biggest brands in all of college football. The university has been a juggernaut in the Big Ten for decades and has not had a losing season in over a decade. The school has always been strong at recruiting, and that hasn’t changed in the age of NIL rules.
Name, image, and likeness guidelines have had a massive impact on the sport. However, a profitable school like Ohio State has been able to maintain strong recruiting classes under the new guidelines. But that doesn’t mean the football program always gets the players they want.
Ohio State football record (2023): 11-2
Late last week, five-star North …