Ohio State has been cut from the race for a player who had been a priority for several months in the 2021 class. Four-star Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) prospect Tywone Malone released a list of his final six schools, cutting the Buckeyes from his previous list of top 14 colleges as USC, Rutgers, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Florida State and Texas A&M each made Malone’s final list. The Final6@Hayesfawcett3 pic.twitter.com/pueGL5MVGE — Tywone Malone (@TywoneMalone) October 6, 2020 Malone, the country’s No. 55 overall player and No. 5 defensive tackle, is also a standout baseball prospect, and his desire to pursue a dual-sport career in college by playing football and baseball have been well-known factors in his recruitment for more than a year. In analysis by 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong, the network’s director of recruiting wrote that those six programs “recruited him the best in both sports.” The 6-foot-3 1/2, 300-pound Malone has also filled…
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