Ohio State head coach Ryan Day discusses the unique recruitment of quarterback Quinn Ewers, who received a scholarship offer while still in eighth grade.
Not only was he ranked as the No. 1 player in the nation as a member of the 2022 class, but even upon his reclassification to the 2021 class, he was still recognized as the top player in the nation by 247 Sports and Rivals.com. And though he once committed to the Longhorns under the Tom Herman regime, he would eventually flip to the Ohio State Buckeyes - the same program he is about to face on.
During his press conference this weekend, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day recounted the recruitment of Ewers, and the unusual way it unfolded from the very beginning. Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) throws under the watchful eye of coach Corey Dennis during football training camp at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in Columbus on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Ohio State Football Training Camp / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch via Imagn Content Services, LLC “He was one of the first eighth-graders that I ever offered,” Day said. “He was in our camp here in the . He was a boy at the time, who just had a tremendous release. I remember grabbing him and grabbing his dad and saying, 'Man, you got a bright future ahead of you. I don’t know if this is good or bad, but we’re going to offer you a scholarship to Ohio State, even in eighth grade.'' 'Again, I don’t know if that’s legal or not, but we did. Then we went through the process. And boy, it was strange how it all shook out. He decided to come, really, in the middle of preseason camp for us. So it was a little bit strange. But, with college football, you look to adapt the best you can.” As a player who is highly regarded in the process, it is not uncommon for QBs to receive offers early on in their prep careers. However back during that time, it was necessarily commonplace for Day to be handing out scholarship offers to quarterbacks that are still in middle school. Still, Ewers was perceived as a generational talent, and would go on to be the crowned jewel of the Buckeyes 2021 class alongside Jack Sawyer, J.T
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