ESPN College Football Recruiting

I have covered Ohio State recruiting for close to 25 years, and this coming weekend will without question be one of the biggest in-season recruiting weekends in Ohio State history. It is arguably the biggest one ever when one considers the array of talent that will be in Columbus on Saturday.

The Buckeyes have 12 commitments for their 2010 recruiting class and one for their 2011 class. The Ohio State staff has at least a dozen great prospects they are pursuing to round out their 2010 class and hundreds of others they are looking at for 2011. Many of those prospects will be in the Horseshoe on Saturday evening.

Nine prospects from the ESPNU 150 will be in Columbus on Saturday evening, including six Under Armour All-Americans. The list is almost a who's who of Buckeyes football recruiting. Here is the list with their ESPNU 150 ranking next to their name. Under Armour All-Americans are noted.

Official Visits

• LB Jordan Hicks (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West), No. 2, Under Armour All-American.

• OL Seantrel Henderson (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Durham), No. 4.

• DB Lamarcus Joyner (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Aquinas), No. 12, Under Armour All-American.

• DB Josh Shaw (Palmdale, Calif.), No. 42, Under Armour All-American.

• OL Chaz Green (Tampa, Fla./Catholic), No. 61, Under Armour All-American.

• WR James Louis (Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic), committed to Ohio State, No. 82, Under Armour All-American.

• RB Corey Brown (Springfield, Pa./O'Hara), No. 149, Under Armour All-American.

• OL Brandon Linder (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas).

• P Will Hagerup (Whitefish Bay, Wis.).

Unofficial Visits (Seniors)

• OL Matt James (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier).

• DB Christian Bryant (Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville).

• DL Johnathon Hankins (Detroit, Mich./Southeastern).

• OL Skyler Schofner (Sunbury, Ohio/Big Walnut).

• ATH Verlon Reed (Columbus, Ohio/Marion Franklin).

• DE Darryl Baldwin, (Solon, Ohio/Solon), committed to OSU, No. 111.

• DB Chad Hagan (Canonsburg, Penn./Canon McMilan), committed to OSU.

• WR Tyrone Williams (East Cleveland, Ohio/Shaw), committed to OSU.

• DE J.T. Moore (Youngstown, Ohio/Boardman), committed to OSU.

• DE David Durham (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian), committed to OSU.

• RB Rod Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind./Harding), committed to OSU.

• QB Taylor Graham (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton), committed to OSU.

• K Drew Basil (Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe), committed to OSU.

Unofficial Visits (Juniors)

• TE Ben Koyack (Oil City, Pa./Oil City).

• LB James Vaughters (Tucker, Ga./Tucker).

• QB Braxton Miller (Huber Heights, Ohio,/Wayne).

• DE Steve Miller (Canton, Ohio/McKinley).

• DB Doran Grant (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary).

• LB Trey DePriest (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield).

• DL Chris Rock (Columbus, Ohio/DeSales).

• TE Nick O'Leary (West Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer).

• LB Curt Maggitt (West Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer).

• QB Jacoby Brissett (West Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer).

• ATH Jeremy Cash (Plantation, Fla./Plantation).

• ATH Ron Tanner (Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor).

• TE Matt Longo (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook).

• OL Landon Turner (Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg).

• DE Kenny Hayes (Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer), committed to OSU.

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A look around at some of the best ESPN affiliate team sites have to offer today. Some of the following links may require a premium subscription to the ESPN affiliate site.

Alabama Crimson Tide (www.crimsonconfidential.com)

JUCO All-American Mike Harris talks Tide, lists his favorites.

Auburn Tigers (www.auburnundercover.com)

Linebackers bring star power to Auburn.

Auburn recruiting rewind.

Clemson Tigers (www.theclemsoninsider.com)

Clemson commitment Desmond Brown can't wait to come back to Death Valley.

Florida Gators (www.gatorcountry.com)

Introducing 2011 DT Tim Jernigan.

Kentucky Wildcats (www.kentuckyink.com)

Cats keep recruiting Louisville hard and now after 2011 ATH Jon Davis.

LSU Tigers (www.eyeonthetigers.com)

WR Alonzo Lewis has LSU among his early favorites.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (irishsportsdaily.com)

ND one of the many waiting for game film of 2011 QB Price Litton.

Irish likely to get official visit from DT Beau Allen.

Penn State Nittany Lions (www.nittanynetwork.com)

Nittany Lions at it again in D.C. area.

South Carolina Gamecocks (www.thebigspur.com)

Gamecocks still in the mix for ATH Todd Neal.

JUCO CB Dontrelle Johnson could make official visit to South Carolina.

USC Trojans (www.wearesc.com)

Junior DeAnthony Thomas recently picked up two scholarship offers.

Texas A&M Aggies (www.texags.com)

Looking at Aggie commit ATH LeKendrick Williams.