COLUMBUS, Ohio — This story is part of a series where we asked questions to all nine Ohio State early enrollees. Come back to this series throughout the week to learn more about the nine newest Buckeyes. The commitment day is the first moment the public knows where a young high school football player will play his college football. But when does the player know where he’s going? Does that happen just before he announces? Or does he know well before then? Ohio State freshman center Matthew Jones committed to the Buckeyes on June 17, 2017. But he knew where he wanted to go before he even got to high school. As an eighth grader, Jones saw another player from Erasmus Hall, Curtis Samuel, decide he wanted to be a Buckeye as part of the Class of 2014. “I’ve been (at) Friday Night Lights since eighth grade. I’ve been hungry…
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