LOOK: Keon Keeley and Luke Montgomery together on Ohio State visit

Notre Dame commit and Tampa (Fla.) Berkeley Prep five-star EDGE Keon Keeley paid a visit to Ohio State on Tuesday, crossing paths with Buckeyes verbal and Findlay (Ohio) four-star offensive lineman Luke Montgomery.

The two have been friends from well before the visit, and the two clearly had fun together in Columbus. Montgomery posted photos on Twitter later in the day, including the two lining up opposite each other as if a play was about to occur as well as squaring up to fight.

All Smiles in Cbus @keon_keeley 😃🌰 pic.twitter.com/Uj5Tp9G1Jb

— Luke Montgomery (@lukeMonty8) March 22, 2022

The On3 Consensus – a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies – has Keeley as the No. 7 overall player in the country and Montgomery as the No. 35 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle.

Keeley is also ranked as the third-best player in the nation in the 2023 On300 ranking.

This is not the first time he has taken visits to schools other than Notre Dame since he committed, and the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine does give Keeley a 39.0% chance of flipping his commitment at this time.

Montgomery is the highest-rated recruit in the Buckeyes currently class of five, which is also the No. 5-ranked group in the 2023 On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Ranking.

Other commits include Thompson’s Station (Tenn.) Independence four-star tight end Ty Lockwood, Dayton (Ohio) Wayne four-star interior offensive lineman Josh Padilla and Titusville (Fla.) Cocoa four-star safety Cedrick Hawkins

“It wasn’t easy, but I can’t be more excited about my commitment to Ohio State,” Montgomery told On3 when he committed. “I liked Michigan a lot, and I had some strong connections there, but every time I compared schools, I kept coming back to Ohio State.