Buckeyes have the 2nd recruiting class in the country in the 247Sports Composite class of 2021 team recruiting classifications. The Ohio State team, led by Justin Perez who heads Ohio’s indirect recruitment, is in the process of also bringing together a talented group of preferred attendants. And now they’ve added it to their favorite class for individual use.
Saint Louis (Mo.) Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day linebacker Jalen Pace announced that it is going to the state of Ohio as a preferred intermediary. He made the announcement on his Twitter account.
“100% committed,” Pace posted on his Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon.
100% committed ???? pic.twitter.com/m85OiK7EfR
– Jalen Pace (@pace_jalen) March 9, 2021
Jalen is the son of a former Buckeye legend and a great offensive NFL tackle Orlando Pace. Jalen is an external 6-foot-3, 195-pound linebacker. Jalen chose the state of Ohio over offers for scholarships from Dayton, Lindenwood University and Quincy. He was also attracting interest from several MAC schools.
In addition to Jalen Pace, the Ohio State team has six other preferred face-to-face appointments so far. They are offensive attackers Toby Wilson Lewis Center (Ohio) Olentangy, son of Ohio’s offensive coordinator Kevin wilson, tight tip Zak Herbstreit from Nashville (Tennessee) Montgomery Bell Academy, son of ESPN analyst and former Buckeyes quarterback Kirk Herbstreit, running back Cayden Saunders from Northville (Michigan), wide receiver Kings Stocksdale Morrow (Ohio) Little Miami, linebacker Jackson Kuwatch from West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West and long snapper Mason Arnold from Tampa (Florida) Carrollwood Day.
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The Buckeyes have a spectacular recruiting class in 2021, with 21 enrolled so far. The list currently consists of the 5-star quarterback Kyle McCord, who was the number 1 target of the quarterback in the 2021 class, the 5-star running back TreVeyon Henderson, the 4-star running back Evan Pryor, three wide receivers at the 5-star Emeka Egbuka, Jayden Ballard 4-star and 4-star Marvin Harrison Jr., the tight end Sam Hart, three of the country’s best offensive line prospects in 5-star Donovan Jackson, 4-star Ben Christman who is the first class of the 2021 offensive line in Ohio and the 4-star offensive face Zen Michalski from Indiana. On the defensive side of the ball, the Buckeyes have another 5-star perspective on the defensive end Jack Sawyer, the best defensive tackle in Ohio at Mike Hall, Tyleik Williams 4-star, the country’s No. 2 indoor linebacker in Reid Carrico, a trio of prominent cornerbacks in Jakailin Johnson, Jordan Hancock and Denzel Burke, the best state security Jaylen Johnson, 4-star Tennessee safety / cornerback Andre Turrentine, Kentucky’s No. 1 overall perspective on security / athlete Jantzen Dunn and Australian gambler Jesse Mirco.