Three Ohio State commits named preseason high school All-Americans

Ohio State’s No. 1-ranked football recruiting class in 2025 is led by a trio of five-star commits: quarterback Tavien St. Clair and cornerbacks Na’eem Offord and Devin Sanchez.

The latter two are ranked as the nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 players at their position, respectively. And both are Five-Star Plus+ prospects, meaning they are rated as five-stars by each of the four major recruiting services: On3, 247, ESPN and Rivals. As of Monday, they’re also All-Americans.

Both Sanchez and Offord were named preseason first-team All-Americans by MaxPreps.com, joining a long list of ex-Buckeyes to garner such honors.

The nation’s top cornerback, Sanchez measured in at an impressive 6-foot-2, 180 pounds with 32-inch arms at the On3 Elite Series prior to his senior season. He touts a strong size and speed combination, running 10.69 seconds in the 100 meters as a junior. Was a lockdown defender as a junior, making plays at a very high rate when targeted. Despite not seeing a heavy number of targets, he finished with 11 pass breakups and five interceptions.

Offord, meanwhile, was also a preseason All-American prior to the 2023 season, where he picked off five passes and scored 12 total touchdowns, scoring five different ways.

Alongside them on the list was 2026 commit and Five-Star Plus+ wide receiver Chris Henry Jr.

Joining 2024 signee Jeremiah Smith, also a Five-Star Plus+ recruit, Henry is the second Buckeyes wide receiver commit in three years to earn the honor.

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Of OSU’s 24 commitments in the 2025 class, 14 are on that side of the ball and five are in the secondary.

In addition to Sanchez and Offord, their haul also includes No. 34 overall prospect Riley Pettijohn, top-50 safety Faheem Delane, top-75 EDGE Zahir Mathis, four-star EDGE London Merritt, four-star linebacker Tarvos Alford, four-star cornerback DeShawn Stewart, in-state standout linebacker Eli Lee and fast-rising Cleveland-area safety Cody Haddad.

On the offensive side, OSU has already locked up its quarterback in the class with St. Clair He’s joined by the likes of Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer four-star offensive tackle Carter Lowe, four-star tight end Nate Roberts, four-star wide receiver Quincy Porter and four-star WR De’zie Jones.

Early in June, the Buckeyes struck again offensive side of the ball with four-star athlete Bo Jackson, who expected to play running back at the next level, and elite wide receiver Quincy Porter who ranks as the nation’s No. 31 overall prospect and No. 5 wide receiver in the On300.

Some of the latest additions — all of which have come in the latter half of June and beginning of July — include three-stars Jarquez Carter, Bodpegn Miller, Jake Cook, Isaiah West, Brody Lennon and four-stars Zion Grady, Trajen Odom and Maxwell Roy.