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Jeremiah Smith sticks with Ohio State

The nation's No. 1 recruit announces that he will remain with the Buckeyes, but waits until late Wednesday evening to submit his NLI
Gary Adornato|
Jeremiah Smith sticks with Ohio State
Jeremiah Smith sticks with Ohio State

Jeremiah Smith, the nation's No. 1 rated football recruit, has upheld his verbal commitment to Ohio State.

On Early National Signing Day, Wednesday, surrounded by family and friends on the Chaminade-Madonna campus, Smith announced that he intends to honor his commitment to join the Buckeyes. However, he did not submit his National Letter of Intent until late Wednesday evening, opening the door to speculation that he may change his mind and sign elsewhere.

Jeremiah Smith, five-star wide receiver, commits to Ohio State over Alabama, Miami, others

Smith, who won the Nat Moore Trophy, Tuesday night, as the top player in Florida, led Chaminade-Madonna to an undefeated season and the Florida Class 1M state championship this season. He committed to Ohio State last December, but has been heavily pressured by other schools, including Miami, in recent days to make a flip.

Ohio State has a rich history of sending star wide receivers to the NFL and Smith has all the tools to follow a similar path.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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