Ohio State football suddenly seems to have a real chance at stealing away another major college football program's prized recruit

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Ohio State football had a big recruiting weekend just a couple of days ago. Coming out of it, the Buckeyes look to be in a great position to potential take a five-star talent away from Texas Tech.

There’s no shying away from the most important visit for the Ohio State Buckeyes this past weekend being five-star RB David Gabriel Georges. Gabriel Georges is the Buckeyes’ top target in the class of 2027 and they’ve been moving as such. 

Ohio State had a couple of important visitors joining Gabriel Georges this weekend. California five-star DL Marcus Fakatou was on campus, as well as five-star WR Benny Easter Jr. (Texas Tech verbal). 

The latest update on Easter’s visit sounds like the Buckeyes made some real progress in flipping the elite wideout away from the Red Raiders.

Ohio State looks to be in a strong spot with Texas Tech WR commitment  

Lettermen Row’s Alex Gleitman revealed following the visit that there’s a belief from the Buckeyes end of things that they feel like they have a legit shot to complete the flip. 

“The feeling from sources at the time of that first visit was that the Buckeyes definitely had a realistic shot, but the vibe was that Texas Tech would eventually pony up enough on the NIL front to keep Easter in the fold,” Gleitman wrote. “Following conversations entering this trip, and getting Easter on campus this weekend, I’m starting to get a vibe from those in the WHAC that they actually think they can pull this one off.”

Easter has been committed to Texas Tech since November as the No. 7 wide receiver in the country, per 247 Sports Composite. The elite wideout from Humble, Texas doesn’t currently have an out-of-the-world NIL deal with Texas Tech that one may expect. It feels as if the Buckeyes are going to be able to be competitive on that front, which will help their chances of landing him. 

Benny Easter Jr. would give Ohio State WRs coach Cortez Hankton quite the start 

2027 will be the first class that Hankton has as the wide receivers coach in Columbus after taking over for Brian Hartline. Ohio State already has Jamier Brown in the class as a five-star player, but the Buckeyes have had him in the class since November of 2024. An in-state player who didn’t take much work for Hankton besides building a new relationship. 

Pairing a player like Easter with Brown would give the Buckeyes two high-level wideouts in the 2027 class, which would be nice with Jeremiah Smith likely heading to the NFL after this season. Hankton pulling off a recurring win like this would have Ohio State fans excited, and show he can continue the high-level recruiting ways that Hartline operated with. 

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