Ohio State Building WR Credibility For 2025 Recruiting Cycle

The Ohio State Buckeyes were once known as "linebacker-U," and still boast a potent defense from season to season. But more recently, the program has been known for filling the NFL with standout wide receivers as first-round draft picks.

Mandarin's Jaime Ffrench Jr. (2) reacts to a first down pick up against Riverside's King Taylor (12) and Ronald \"RJ\" Bertrand (24) during the second quarter of a regular season high school football matchup Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 at Riverside High School in Jacksonville, Fla. The Mandarin Mustangs defeated the Riverside Generals 50-20. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union] | Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA

While we're still a ways away from 2025, the Buckeyes are slim at wideout for the cycle, without any five-star commits.

But that could change soon.

Per five-star recruit, Dakorien Moore during an interview with Josh Newberg, he and fellow five-star wideouts Jamie Ffrench and Kaliq Lockett have been discussing attending the same school. And that could be big news for the Buckeyes.

5⭐️ WR Dakorien Moore, 5⭐️ WR Jaime Ffrench, 5⭐️ WR Kaliq Lockett have been talking about going to the same school 😳

"Texas, LSU and Ohio State - we all have that top-3"

More w/ Dakorien Moore: https://t.co/VaXXnW9Aia pic.twitter.com/2m6YETtQfw
— Josh Newberg (@josh_newberg) May 29, 2024

While Ffrench has been linked to the Buckeyes for a while, Lockett hasn't been tied to a lot of schools, including Ohio State. He hasn't even made a trip to Columbus.

Moore recently de-committed from LSU and is on the Buckeyes radar.

Ohio State currently has one wideout committed for 2025 in De'zie Jones, the four-star recruit from DePaul Catholic in Wayne, New Jersey. No doubt, more will come, and the Buckeyes hope they're four- or five-stars. That's the Columbus way.

While landing all three of these five-star players is a pipe dream for any one team, it is nice to hear the Buckeyes being discussed in the same breath as these three players.

Recruiting is about building a roster and accumulating talent, and Ohio State has always excelled at that. And at least according to rumors, the recent trend of "wideout-U" seems to be continuing.