August 6, 2026

Ryan Day, Ohio State Adjust to New Recruiting World


Ohio State coach Ryan Day opened most of his Christmas toys in early December and has had them out of the box since January, but he’s far from tired of them yet. OSU not only gained signatures from 24 of its 25 recruits more than six weeks ago, it’s had 14 of those incoming freshmen on campus since the January semester began. That’s a far cry from how recruiting used to work, and Day admits he and his coaches are still adjusting to a timetable that’s dramatically different than formerly applied. “I think what it’s done, it’s just changed a lot of things,” Day said. “I think anytime you make a change like that, the ripple effects, you don’t know them until about four or five years out. I think we’re still working through that. “And, so, then what it did was with the early signing day is it moved…

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