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Ohio State gets huge late addition with No. 1 offensive tackle in 2018 class
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The path to No. 1 just got a whole lot clearer.
Ohio State’s pursuit of the top-ranked recruiting class in 2018 got a little easier with the announcement from 5-star offensive tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere that he’s coming to Columbus.
The No. 1 offensive tackle and No. 7 player overall in the 2018 class picked the Buckeyes instead of going with Florida, which he was once committed to.
The Tampa native went with the Buckeyes after taking a late official visit to Columbus, where his recruitment took a turn after once looking like a lock for the Gators.
Interestingly enough, Petit-Frere was recruited by Greg Schiano, who told recruits that he wasn’t leaving Ohio State to take the defensive coordinator job with the New England Patriots.
That didn’t impact Petit-Frere’s decision:
Greg Schiano tells me he is staying at #OhioState contrary to reports from Monday that he was leaving for the Patriots. Big day for the Buckeyes. Schiano played a key part in landing top OT Nick Petit-Frere out of Tampa.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 7, 2018
With Petit-Frereis (pronounced “peh-tee freh-rare)” now on board, the Buckeyes are locked in with the No. 1 class, at least for the time being. Georgia did pick up its seventh 5-star recruit, which set a record for the 247sports rankings era.
Ohio State now has 13 recruits rated in the top 100 of the 247sports composite.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.