Ohio State bolstered its 2025 recruiting class on Saturday with a dedication from five-star linebacker Riley Pettijohn from McKinney, Texas.
Pettijohn is ranked No. 31 general and the No. 4 linebacker within the Class of 2025 within the 247Sports Composite. He picked the Buckeyes over USC, Texas, and Texas A&M.
Ohio State now has 23 commitments — together with 11 top-100 nationwide prospects — in its top-ranked 2025 class.
What does this imply for the Buckeyes?
Is it time to name James Laurinaitis essentially the most precious addition to Ohio State’s teaching workers this offseason? Laurinaitis was employed in February for this actual cause — to kill it on the recruiting path. He’s turning a place that has had huge depth considerations right into a power.
Pettijohn is the third linebacker within the Buckeyes’ class, becoming a member of top-50 nationwide prospect Tarvos Alford and four-star Ohio native Eli Lee. Pettijohn is an athletic, ball-hawking linebacker with excellent pace. He ran monitor as a junior and competed within the 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 relay groups.
Ohio State hasn’t signed a top-100 linebacker from exterior of Ohio since touchdown New Jersey native Cody Simon within the Class of 2020. Within the 2025 cycle, the Buckeyes have Alford from Florida and Pettijohn from Texas.
Ohio State must maintain off Texas and USC over the subsequent 5 months, however signing Pettijohn — together with Alford — might eradicate considerations about the way forward for the linebacker place.
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