The narrative for the Ohio State Buckeyes’ newly-signed 2019 recruiting class depends on how you look at the recruiting data. If you just casually look at the 247 Composite rankings, the Buckeyes’ 14th ranking isn’t very impressive. But, as Morgan and Richard have written, that ranking probably isn’t a big deal, and looking at the class using a different metric — average player rating — shows the Buckeyes with a top-3 class. That’s because the 247 Composite rankings uses both quality (a player’s rating) and quantity (number of commits) to determine the rankings. Ohio State’s small class of just 17 players was far smaller than anyone else in the top-25. In fact, the smallest class in the top-10 had 24 players, or 41% more players than the Buckeyes’ class. If you look only at recruit quality — using the average player ranking — then Ohio State’s class ranks third with…
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