Ohio State Football: The Final Verdict on the Buckeyes’ Recruiting Class of 2008

Earlier this summer, I had a chance to look back at the surprising success of the Ohio State recruiting class of 2010 as well as the massive disappointment of the class of 2009. To round out this miniseries, we’ll go back to the infamous Brew Crew class of 2008 to decide once and for all whether or not it succeeded or if its sins make it a disaster. The list of names in the Class of 2008 was a who’s who of the top high school prospects not just in Ohio or the Midwest, but in the country as well: Mike Adams, DeVier Posey, Etienne Sabino, Mike Brewster, JB Shugarts, Jake Stoneburner and a quarterback from a small high school in Pennsylvania named Terrelle Pryor. This class did plenty of good things on the field as it led the Buckeyes to three straight Big Ten championships and two consecutive BCS bowl wins. However, its members, namely Pryor, Adams and

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