From: NaplesNews.com –

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fullback Carlos Hyde, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound specimen from Naples High School signed with the Ohio State Buckeyes a year ago but came up short academically.

Hyde spent this past year at Fork Union Military Academy and then re-signed with Ohio State. One of his teammates at Fork Union, defensive end Jamel Turner, also hit the books for a year after leaving Youngstown’s Ursuline High School.

Despite locking up 18 recruits on the first day for football signings Wednesday, much of the focus on Ohio State’s recruiting class will be on the players who got away.

Coach Jim Tressel and his staff picked up two quarterbacks, two running backs, three defensive linemen and several other quality prospects, yet the talk will likely focus on the loss of several major players from within Ohio’s borders.

The Buckeyes, who usually fatten up on Ohio-bred blue-chippers, signed just nine in-state players. To put that into perspective, Michigan signed 10 players from Ohio.

The top names on the OSU recruiting list were Roderick Smith, a running back out of Fort Wayne, Ind., and wide receiver James Louis out of Delray Beach, Fla.

Both are listed among the top 100 recruits by ESPN Scouts Inc.

According to at least one assessment by recruiting experts, the Buckeyes only got five of the top 12 players in the state and didn’t get anyone ranked among the top 50 recruits in the nation.

Balancing that, Tressel did have two highly-rated classes each of….

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