Why Urban Meyer’s Recruiting Will Only Get Better at Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio — With a little more than a week to go until national signing day, Urban Meyer currently lays claim to the nation’s second-ranked 2016 class, with the potential to reclaim the No. 1 spot, as room for two or three more prospects in the class remains.

Regardless of where Ohio State’s final ranking lands, the Buckeyes are well on their way to their fifth consecutive top-seven class under Meyer, with each class ranking as the Big Ten’s best in their respective years.

Yet despite Meyer’s unprecedented recruiting run in Columbus, which will likely include four top-five finishes after next week, the fifth-year Ohio State head coach appears to only just be getting started.

In fact, Meyer’s best classes with the Buckeyes could very well still be ahead of him.

If the three-time national champion head coach has been selling promise since arriving at Ohio State in 2012, then his 2016 class marks the first that he was able to truly pitch on results, with the Buckeyes just one year removed from winning 2014’s College Football Playoff. By the time the confetti had settled in Arlington, Texas, last winter, Ohio State’s 2015 class was already practically full, with Meyer adding just four of the class’ 27 members between the national title game and signing day.

“I thought maybe we might turn, but that didn’t happen,” Meyer answered on national signing day last year when asked if the Buckeyes received a boost from their victory in the playoff. “There’s a few that…

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