Ohio State had a banner day on the recruiting trail Monday, stealing a pair of 4-star recruits—one from Maryland and another from the SEC footprint—to secure a temporary hold on the country’s No. 1 class.
But with national signing day looming, head coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes are looking to continue their looting ways, and their attention has turned to 4-star wide receiver and current Miami commit Sam Bruce.
The 5’8″, 180-pound standout from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is rated the 11th-best wide receiver and the No. 82 prospect nationally. He’s one of the most highly recruited pass-catchers in the country, holding offers from programs such as Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Notre Dame, Oregon and USC, but he shut his recruitment down early when he committed to Miami in the summer of 2014.
The Buckeyes have reopened his recruitment, though, and they’re gaining serious traction.
That door was opened when Miami parted ways with former head coach Al Golden, who guided the Hurricanes from 2011-15. Ohio State, in need of top-flight receivers with the departures of starters Michael Thomas, Jalin Marshall and Braxton Miller, is seeing its interest returned by Bruce. Rivals Camp Series spotted Bruce at practice donning some Ohio State gear:
Things have really heated up for Ohio State over the last week.
It started when the Buckeyes raided Maryland of 4-star Dwayne Haskins, who’s rated as the nation’s seventh-best…
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