Jack Sawyer is currently Ohio State's top rated player in the 2021 class. That will change if If SDE J.T. Tuimoloau (.9990) commits to the Buckeyes, he will become the highest rated player in the 2021 class.

This little series followed the rankings of Ohio State's 2021 commitment class. Note, If J.T. Tuimoloau signs with the Ohio State, this piece will be updated.

It is always interesting to see the ups and downs that each player's ratings took over the past year.

*Jesse Mirco is not included in the team average.

Nine Notes

1. Jack Sawyer finished as the highest rated player in Ohio State's 2021 class.
    
2. Zen Michalski's 558 overall point increase was the largest of any player in this Buckeye class. 
    
3. 13 Ohio State players had their overall rating increase since we started charting their ratings.
    
4. Eight Buckeyes had their rating drop over the last year.
    
5. Marvin Harrison Jr. lost the most points (-190) of any Buckeye since February of 2020.
    
6. The only Ohio State commit to not have his rating decrease over the last year was Sam Hart. 
    
7. Four Buckeyes had triple-digit overall rating increases: Zen Michalski (+558), Jantzen Dunn (+304), Donovan Jackson (+118) and Mike Hall (+115).
    
8. Sizing up the Big Ten. The top commits for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and Rutgers were lower than Ohio State's average player (.9530). That's 8 out of the 13 other teams in the conference.
    
9. How big is the gulf between Ohio State and the rest of the Big Ten? The Buckeyes had 12 players above its team average of .9516. The 13 other team in the B1G combined for ten players above Ohio State's average player. Those teams were:  Michigan (5), Maryland (2), Nebraska (1), Penn State (1) Wisconsin (1). 

Ryan Day already had five 5★ recruits in the 2021 class*. The only other Ohio State recruiting class to have five 5★ recruits was 2017.

*Will be updated if J.T.T. signs with the Buckeyes.

It's a Fact
The Big Ten had eight 5★ players in 2021. Ohio State had five of the eight blue-chip players. That's right, 63% of the conferences 5★ players are Buckeyes.

Decommitted Players
1. Devonta Smith decommitted on 6/25/2020, he signed with Alabama. 
2. Tunmise Adeleye decommitted on 8/11/2020, he signed with Texas A&M.

Ohio State's Top Classes Since 2000

Five Fast Facts

1. If J.T. Tuimoloau commits, the 2021 class will be the first Ohio State recruiting class to have six 5★ players.
2. The Buckeyes have never had the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation.
3. 94.59 is the highest player average for a Buckeye class that included at least 11 commits. This belongs to the 2017 class.
4.  Since 2000, Ohio State has had the Big Ten's best class 14 times.
5. The 2019 Buckeye recruiting class is the only group not be ranked No. 1 in the B1G since 2011. That translates to Ohio State having the best class in the conference10 out of the last 11 years.

Charting the 2022 class will begin next week.