Ohio State Football Recruiting Offers of the Week

Just two weeks removed from signing the seventh-ranked 2015 recruiting class, head coach Urban Meyer and the Ohio State coaching staff are hard at work to make their 2016 and 2017 hauls even better.

Over the last week, that process forced the Buckeyes to turn their attention south.

When Tom Herman was hired as Houston’s head coach, there was concern that Ohio State’s recruiting efforts in Texas would take a hit. The Buckeyes were having good success in one of the country’s most talent-rich states, snagging 4-star prospects J.T. Barrett, Dontre Wilson and Demetrius Knox over the last two years.

Meyer and the Buckeyes are still making the Lone Star State a priority, though, and the most recent evidence of that came last week with a pair of big-time offers.

T.J. Vasher, 4-Star Wide Receiver (2016)

Ohio State’s invasion of Texas started with an offer to 4-star wideout T.J. Vasher.

The 6’5″, 180-pound pass-catcher is a rangy wideout who hails from Barrett’s alma mater, Rider High School. Last month, when the Buckeyes first started showing interest in Vasher, Rider coach Marc Bindel told Ari Wasserman of The Plain Dealer what makes him so special:

He is a freak. He has a ridiculous wingspan, his vertical is off the charts. He has to put some muscle on, but our No. 1 red zone play was to hurry up and throw a fade and he’d go up and get it. With him, if you throw it anywhere in the vicinity, he’s…

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