Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports Stewart is the second former McDonald’s All-American to join the Buckeyes in the past three weeks. Up until about three weeks ago, Ohio State hadn’t had a McDonald’s All-American on the roster since D’Angelo Russell back in 2014. On April 15, the Buckeyes picked up a former All-American in Kentucky transfer Aaron Bradshaw. Now Ohio State has two, as former Duke forward Sean Stewart announced today that he, too, would be transferring to play for first-year head coach Jake Diebler and the Buckeyes. BREAKING: Duke transfer forward Sean Stewart, a former 5⭐️ recruit a ..read more

Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK The Buckeyes were busy again on the trail offering new players in the 2026 class. Now that James Laurinaitis is manning the linebacker room, there’s plenty to be excited about. From his experience as a player to his ability to develop and recruit players, this was the right fit all along and it’s paying off in major ways already. With two guys currently committed in Tarvos Alford and Eli Lee, the Buckeyes are set up for success in the 2025 class, and can now focus on future cycles. Staying hard at work, yesterday the Buckeyes sent out on ..read more

Photo by Peter G. Aiken/Getty Images The Buckeyes are seeking reinforcements to their frontcourt even after the addition of Aaron Bradshaw. On Wednesday night the clock struck midnight and the transfer portal closed, bringing an end to the four-week madness that is college basketball free agency. Well, kind of. As of midnight Wednesday, no players are able to enter their names into the transfer portal. However, all of the players who put their name in prior to the deadline are able to visit and speak with teams and take as long as they need to find a new school, as long as they’re enrolled bef ..read more

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports After the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers lost in the first round it’s time to hold the players accountable Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host D ..read more

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK As Cincinnati Bengals fan, my team taking a “Michigan Man” over Hall became a bitter pill to swallow during (NFL) draft weekend. “With the 49th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select Michael Hall Jr., defensive lineman from THE Ohio State University...” is what I wanted to hear when my favorite NFL team addressed their interior defensive line in the second round of this year’s draft. Instead, the Bengals chose Kris Jenkins Jr., formerly of Michigan. And while Jenkins Jr. is a fine, fine player – as well as an NFL lega ..read more

Lori Schmidt / Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK Michigan loses out on a top RB target to Kentucky. It’s that time of the late spring season when Ohio State recruiting is gearing up for a busy June that will see tons of campus visits with many of the top targets the Buckeyes are after. In addition to official and unofficial visits, there are also one-day position camps where prospects will compete to try and earn an Ohio State offer. June is going to be tough to keep track of, but it should also be an exciting start to the summer. Until then, it’s full-steam ahead with the plan of further ..read more

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print. Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for. Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the ..read more

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images We give our opinions on all of their landing spots, plus a men’s basketball transfer portal update. The latest episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s flagship podcast is here! Join LGHL’s Josh Dooley and Justin Golba as they discuss Ohio State football, basketball, recruiting, and much, much more! Come for the hot takes. Stay for the warm ones. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio On the latest episode of Hangout in the Holy Land, Josh and Justin discuss the NFL draft and give their opinions on where the Buckeyes landed that got pic ..read more

Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK The undrafted free agent may be in the best spot possible for him to earn a spot on an NFL roster. Of the undrafted former Ohio State players who signed undrafted free agent deals with NFL teams, one of the best opportunities has fallen for offensive lineman Matthew Jones. The five-time OSU letterman (taking advantage of the COVID pandemic year) signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Miami Dolphins and he’ll try to earn a spot in camp ahead of the 2024 NFL season. The Dolphins desperately want to take a step forward as a contender ..read more

2025 five-star WR Dakorien Moore via Jordan Scrugss, 247Sports Ohio State continues to work on flipping 2025 five-star WR Dakorien Moore. With most of the sports world focused on the NFL Draft and the NBA playoffs, things have been quieter than usual on the college football recruiting front. That being said, Ohio State never has a quiet day when it comes to recruiting and the Buckeyes continued to make the recruiting headlines Monday. Ohio State played host to 2025 LSU wide receiver commit Dakorien Moore (Duncanville, Texas, Duncanville) this past weekend and as more reports regarding the visi ..read more