By Amir Khan (ibtimes.com) -- Wide receiver Roger Lewis won't be making his commitment decision on National Signing Day. Instead, the Division I recruit is being held in jail on two counts of rape. Lewis, who played at Pickerington Central High School in Ohio, helped his team reach Ohio's Div. I state football title game in 2011. Lewis was charged with two first-degree felony counts of rape, both on the same woman. After a month long investigation, Lewis, ... Read More

From: HuskerExtra.com -- Ohio State, with all its football tradition, is just two hours down the road from Greg McMullen's hometown of Akron. The Horseshoe. Ohio State vs. Michigan. A bunch of Big Ten championships. Ohio State was the first program to offer a scholarship to McMullen, a four-star defensive end who moves surprisingly well for someone who is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds. McMullen was only a sophomore and Jim Tressel was still coach when the offer came. McMullen came to Lincoln for a football ... Read More

By Michael Sedor (PennLive.com) --  Another day, another Scout.com 4- or 5-star recruit for Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. The latest blue chipper to commit to Columbus is elite defensive back Armani Reeves. Reeves is the eighth top recruit since Meyer's hire to pledge their future to the former Florida head man. Included in this impressive array are fellow one-time Penn State targets Tommy Schutt, Noah Spence, Joey O'Connor and Camren Williams. The Buckeyes now have 23 commits and rank ... Read More

Fans of both Ohio State and Michigan have been anticipating the decision of four-star DB Armani Reeves. On Sunday night, Reeves made the call via Twitter on his college future. The West Roxbury (Mass.) Catholic Memorial four-star Armani Reeves is the man that Michigan’s coaches were pursuing, but just could not secure. Reeves was committed to Penn State throughout the fall, but the turmoil in Happy Valley led him to re-open his recruitment. The 5-10, 185-pound corner has excellent skills in ... Read More

Recruiting is a never ending process for most colleges and Ohio State is no different.  According to Bill Greene of scout.com, the Buckeyes will host several of the top 2013 prospects today. In addition to having high school senior Stefon Diggs on campus this weekend for an official visit, the Buckeyes will entertain several of the top in-state junior stars for the basketball game against the Michigan Wolverines. Among those in Columbus this weekend are: Jalin Marshall: Ohio's top prospect and an early five-star ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- New Ohio State Buckeyes' head coach Urban Meyer has already made a huge splash since being hired, bringing on more than a handful of top high school recruits. And it looks like the impact will continue onto National Signing Day. Meyer has already taken three blue-chippers from Penn State, one from Michigan State, and another from Notre Dame. One top player that has not made his decision yet is wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who is a five-star ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The magic number for Urban Meyer right now is 82. As Ohio State's first-year head coach finalizes the equation for his first recruiting class, creating a roster that will include 82 scholarship players, three under the normal limit because of NCAA sanctions, the Big Ten may ask the Buckeyes to show their work. National Signing Day is Wednesday, with the Buckeyes currently holding 23 oral commitments for the Class of ... Read More

From: isportsweb.com -- There was a time in 2011 when the immediate future didn’t look so hot for Ohio State football.  The program needed a long-term solution at the head coaching position, and fans waited on Luke Fickell’s fate.  The incoming recruits, while solid, didn’t provide the star power that the Buckeyes were searching for.  Or needed. Fast forward a few months and everything has changed.  Urban Meyer’s hiring shook up the recruiting landscape as some of the nation’s best ... Read More

From: WaitingForNextYear.com -- When Urban Meyer was hired to be the new head football coach at The Ohio State University, everyone knew things were going to change at Ohio State. Many predicted that recruiting in particular would be dramatically different under Urban Meyer’s watch. That’s no slight on Jim Tressel. Urban Meyer will be lucky to match what Jim Tressel accomplished in his decade at the helm. But Jim Tressel was a rare, unique man and coach. His laid ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Urban Meyer continued his second recruiting run as Ohio State's head coach, adding a third oral commitment of the week with the pledge of linebacker David Perkins, of South Bend, Ind., on Wednesday. Perkins is rated as four-star prospect, and the No. 159 player in the Class of 2012, by Rivals.com. He follows the Sunday pledge of offensive lineman Taylor Decker (No. 221) and Tuesday's word from ... Read More