June 16, 2026

Ty Lockwood, 2023 TE target, humbled by Ohio State football offer, says they’re ‘definitely top three’: Buckeyes Recruiting Roundup


COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ty Lockwood of Tennessee’s Independence High School has known the Ohio State football program from the outside as a fan, but now he is getting to see what it’s like on the inside. Lockwood, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound tight end who does not currently have a 247sports.com ranking, has had quite the past month. He was offered by his favorite school growing up, Texas A&M, on Feb. 11, and then by LSU on Feb. 23. But sandwiched in between those offers came a big one on Feb. 17 – Ohio State. Lockwood had just woken up and begun making breakfast when one of his recruiting coaches told him he had a surprise for him. That surprise was OSU running backs coach Tony Alford, who had been watching Lockwood for quite some time. “That was a crazy one to be honest, I didn’t even know it was coming,” Lockwood…

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