It was less than five years ago that Urban Meyer was hired as Ohio State’s head football coach, scrambling to move his family to Columbus, putting together his staff on the fly, and trying to salvage a recruiting class of 2012 that was being held together by duct tape after Tatgate put a black cloud over the program. But Meyer, as he usually does, prevailed, bringing in the nation’s fifth ranked class per the 247Sports Team Composite rankings that cycle, after acquiring the signatures of one five-star and nine four-star prospects following his hiring in late November. What’s next for the Buckeyes? Make sure you’re in the loop — take five seconds to sign up for our FREE Buckeyes newsletter now! Nobody is doing it better than Meyer on the recruiting trail (Photo: Greg Bartram, 247Sports) The Buckeyes’ head man followed that class up by landing the nation’s second-ranked class in 2013, his first full cycle at OSU, which helped them win the 2014-2015 national title and set records in this year’s NFL Draft. Keeping the train rolling, Meyer’s 2014 group was ranked third in the nation, the 2015 group came in at seventh, and the most recent class, 2016, finished fourth, giving Ohio State a top-five class in four of the first five recruiting classes Meyer has been a part of. And now, the Class of 2017 might be the best of them all. With the latest addition of five-star lineman Wyatt Davis, the group is currently ranked first in the nation, holding 14 members at the time this…
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