Urban Meyer visits Jackson Carman; Palaie Gaoteote sticking with USC: Ohio State football recruiting

COLUMBUS, Ohio — To trust that Ohio State will lock up five-star offensive tackle Jackson Carman in this 2018 recruiting class is to trust the closing ability of Urban Meyer. The Buckeyes, namely Meyer, made their final in-person pitch to Carman on Wednesday with a visit to Fairfield High School. Fairfield coach Jason Krause confirmed the visit via his Twitter account. Tremendous visit today with The Ohio State University and Coach Urban Meyer.#EARNIT — Jason Krause (@fairfieldfb) December 13, 2017 Carman — the top player in Ohio, the nation’s No. 1 offensive tackle, and Ohio State’s top target in 2018 — is still scheduled for an official visit to USC this weekend. But when it comes to in-home visits, Ohio State got the last shot here. USC head coach Clay Helton came in last week. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney was at Fairfield on Tuesday, according to Krause. And Meyer was…

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