The headliner of Kentucky’s 2016 signing class never came close to backing off his commitment to the Wildcats, but four-star offensive tackle Landon Young admittedly looked around at other schools. Alabama, Auburn, Ohio State and South Carolina all received visits from the Lexington, Ky., native, but it was the Buckeyes that stuck out the most — and not for a good reason. Young recounted a very negative encounter with Ohio State coach Urban Meyer that he detailed in a recent conversation with SEC Country: Q: What is the funniest thing any head coach said to you during the entire recruiting process? A: It may not be the best thing, but actually, I was at Ohio State having a private meeting with Urban Meyer. I had gone up to camp there, and they had treated me like a piece of meat, just treated me like crap. By that time, I was a four-star tackle. I weighed about 270 [pounds], and I was 6-7. I wasn’t even on their radar. I came back up after they offered me. Four straight days, I got (offers from) the University of Cincinnati, Alabama, Auburn and then Ohio State. I went up and said, ‘Coach (Meyer), what was the reason that you all of a sudden offered me?’ He said, ‘We looked at your tape, and it was pretty good and I saw interest in that.’ I said, ‘Well coach, back when I was just committing to Kentucky and keeping my options open, I came up to a camp and sent you my film and everything, and you didn’t even reply. It seemed like y’all just deleted it.’ He said, ‘Well, if you look back at that time, you were how big?’ I said, ‘6-7, 270, just like I am now.’ He said, ‘Well, you were an insubstantial tackle, an insubstantial player,’ so he was saying I (didn’t) even amount to being able to be recruited by Ohio State as a four-star tackle…
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