In a recruiting year that has been strange in many ways the strangest of which may be that of the 15 recruits who have verballed so far ZERO were from outside the state lines of Ohio. That trend is officially over when Lakeland, Florida WR Ricquan Southward flipped his verbal from Miami of Fl. to Ohio State today becoming the 16th verbal commit of this years class.
Southward is a 6’2″ 190 lb WR ranked as a 4 star. He brings great speed and good hands to a position of need for OSU. He was recruited heavily by Stan Drayton the WR coach who also served on the staff at Florida under Urban Meyer. Southward was considering the Buckeyes before he gave a verbal to the Hurricanes earlier this season. Many believe the possible hiring of Meyer may be the tipping scale in landing this flipped recruit.
.. and so it begins.
This recruit is a flat out STUD. He hasnt been evaluated since summer by any recruiting analyst so he is most likely a 5 star
His highlight reel is crazy…