Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Over the next several weeks, I’ll be taking a look at each player on the Ohio State roster, and forecasting what that player’s impact will be for the coming season. I will be not be including JaQuan Lyle or Jae’Sean Tate, as both players have already been covered in-depth. Fellow BT Powerhouse writer Jerome Scherwin Jr. wrote about Lyle here, and I wrote about Tate here. So today we’ll start with incoming freshman Austin Grandstaff. There have been more than a few comparisons made between the Ohio State’s 2015 recruiting class and the legendary “Thad Five”. The “Thad Five”, comprised of Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Othello Hunter, David Lighty, and Daequan Cook, found immense success in college. The incoming class of Lyle, Grandstaff, Daniel Giddens, AJ Harris, and Mickey Mitchell certainly hope to equal that success, but whether that happens or not still remains to be seen. Grandstaff is the best shooter of the bunch, and is one of the best shooters in his class. ESPN has him ranked as the #17 shooting guard and #50 overall. As a senior, he led Rockwall High School (Texas) in scoring with 29 points per game, and even dropped 50 in a game. For his efforts, he was selected to play in the Jordan Brand Classic. And though Grandstaff had a forgettable game, just being selected at all means big things are expected of him at the next level. How He’ll Fit at Ohio State Grandstaff will likely start the season coming off the bench, backing up Kam Williams…
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