Wins on Saturdays are often determined by signed letters intent over the past several Februaries. This piece is an in-depth look at the composite ratings of the offensive players that signed on the dotted line for Oklahoma and Ohio State. 
 

OFFENSIVE STARTER RECRUITING RANKINGS

POSITION	PLAYER	COMP. RATING	POSITION	PLAYER	COMP. RATING
QB	BAKER MAYFIELD	.838	QB	J.T. BARRETT	.935
RB	ABDUL ADAMS	.891	RB	J.K. DOBBINS	.979
WR	CEEDEE LAMB	.936	WR	AUSTIN MACK	.961
WR	JEFFERY MEAD	.891	WR	JOHNNIE DIXON	.964
FB	DIMITRI FLOWERS	.849	HY	PARRIS CAMPBELL	.936
TE	MARK ANDREWS	.939	TE	MARCUS BAUGH	.960
LT	ORLANDO BROWN	.873	LT	JAMARCO JONES	.970
LG	BEN POWERS	.865	LG	MICHAEL JORDAN	.939
C	ERICK WREN	.699	C	BILLY PRICE	.916
RG	DRU SAMIA	.899	RG	BRANDEN BOWEN	.867
RT	BOBBY EVANS	.923	RT	ISAIAH PRINCE	.950
	AVERAGE	.873	AVERAGE		.943

OFFENSIVE STARTERS RECRUITING NOTES 2013-2017

• Oklahoma's highest rated offensive starter is TE Mark Andrews (.939).
• The largest gap among the offensive starters is the 217 point gap between Ohio State's Billy Price and Oklahoma's C Erick Wren.
• The average of Ohio State's offensive starters is 69 points better than Oklahoma's starters.

Since 2013, Oklahoma placed a high priority on receiver and the offensive line. Former coach, Bob Stoops, picked up commits from 24 O-linemen and 20 wide receivers. Meyer and the Buckeyes focused on offensive tackle (13), athlete (12) and wide receiver (12).
 

COMPARING ALL SIGNED PLAYERS BETWEEN 2013-2017
 

2013-2017 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S QB COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER (YEAR)	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER (YEAR)	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
JUSTICE HANSEN (2014)	6–3	212	.932		TATE MARTELL (2017)	5–10	203	.971
CHRIS ROBISON	6–2	192	.927		DWAYNE HASKINS (2016)	6–3	198	.955
AUSTIN KENDALL	6–2	210	.921		JT BARRETT (2013)	6–2	205	.935
CONNOR McGINNIS	6–3	181	.811		JOE BURROW (2015)	6–4	200	.897
					STEPHEN COLLIER (2014)	6–4	208	.859
AVERAGE	6–3	201	.898		AVERAGE	6–2	203	.923

Baker Mayfield set an Oklahoma record by completing his first 16 pass attempts against UTEP. He finished the game 19-of-20 (.950) for 329 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Mayfield is not listed above because he signed with Texas Tech and later transferred to Oklahoma. Coming out of high school, Mayfield had a composite average of .838.

Ohio State has three quarterbacks rated higher than Oklahoma's highest rated passer. Against Indiana, J.T. Barrett completed 20 passes for 304 yards and 3 touchdowns.
 

2013-2017 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S RB COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
JOE MIXON (2014)	6–2	195	.990		JK DOBBINS (2017)	5–9	199	.979
KEITH FORD (2013)	5–11	203	.987		DEMARIO McCALL (2016)	5–9	171	.976
RODNEY ANDERSON (2015)	6–0	204	.930		EZEKIEL ELLIOTT (2013)	6–0	212	.969
TREY SERMON (2017)	6–0	215	.923		DONTRE WILSON (2013)	5–10	181	.969
KENNEDY BROOKS (2017)	6–0	197	.916		MIKE WEBER (2015)	5–9	219	.960
SAMAJE PERINE (2014)	5–11	233	.903		ANTONIO WILLIAMS	5–11	210	.926
ADBUL ADAMS (2016)	5–11	205	.891
AVERAGE	6–0	207	.934		AVERAGE	5–10	196	.971

Between 2013 and 2017 Oklahoma signed seven running backs/all-purpose backs. Joe Mixon (.990) was their highest rated commit. Fortunately, Mixon will be playing football in Ohio, but it will be on Sunday for the Bengals.  

The Sooners split carries between Marcelias Sutton, Abdul Adams and Trey Sermon. The trio combined for 23 carries for 156 yards and a touchdown.

Ohio State's highest rated commit, J.K. Dobbins (.979) set an Ohio State freshman record when he juked and raced for 181 yards against Indiana.
 

2013-2017 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S WR COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
MARK ANDREWS (2014)	6–6	230	.939		TREVON GRIMES (2017)	6–3	202	.986
STANVON TAYLOR (2013)	5–11	160	.937		JALIN MARSHALL (2013)	6–0	190	.983
CEEDEE LAMB (2017)	6–2	172	.936		JOHNNIE DIXON (2014)	5–10	187	.964
CHARLESTON RAMBO (2017)	6–2	170	.929		AUSTIN MACK (2016)	6–2	205	.961
DALLIS TODD (2014)	6–5	210	.913		BINJIMEN VICTOR (2016)	6–4	180	.950
MYKEL JONES (2016)	6–0	180	.909		PARRIS CAMPBELL (2014)	6–0	184	.936
DEDE WESTBROOK (2015)	5–11	175	.903		KJ HILL (2015)	6–0	188	.930
MARQUISE BROWN (2017)	5–11	170	.895		JAYLEN HARRIS (2017)	6–5	210	.925
JEFFERY MEAD (2014)	6–5	170	.891		JAMES CLARK (2013)	5–10	170	.910
DAHU GREEN (2015)	6–4	205	.866		TERRY McLAURIN (2014)	6–0	190	.905
ZACH FARRAR (2016)	6–4	205	.866		COREY SMITH (2013)	5–11	185	.903
JORDAN SMALLWOOD (2013)	6–2	195	.863		ALEX STUMP	6–3	195	.897
DANNON CAVIL (2013)	6–5	205	.863
AUSTIN BENNETT (2013)	6–1	170	.862
PARNELL MOTLEY (2016)	6–1	180	.861
KJ YOUNG (2013)	6–0	180	.859
DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER (2013)	6–1	185	.853
AD MILLER (2015)	6–3	175	.852
ADRIAN HARDY (2016)	6–2	185	.851
JARVIS BAXTER (2015)	5–10	175	.827
AVERAGE	6–2	185	.884		AVERAGE	6–1	191	.938

Between 2013 and 2017 Oklahoma signed an astounding 20 wide receivers. Mark Andrews (.939) was their highest rated receiver commit. However, Andrews now plays tight end.

Kentucky transfer, Jeff Badet was the Sooners' leading receiver when he hauled in 4 passes for 91 yards. CeeDee Lamb (.936) is the highest rated starting wide out on this year's team.Ohio State's highest rated commit was Jalin Marshall (.983).

Last week, Johnnie Dixon (.964)led Ohio State's receivers with two catches for 65 yards and a touchdown. Hybrid back, Parris Campbell had an impressive 6 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown. 
 

2013-2017 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S ATH COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
MICHIAH QUICK (2014)	6–0	170	.970		CURTIS SAMUEL (2014)	6–0	185	.970
RYAN JONES (2017)	6–2	219	.901		JEROME BAKER (2015)	6–2	203	.969
JOHN HUMPHREY	5–10	165	.881		TORRANCE GIBSON (2015)	6–4	204	.961
MARCELIAS SUTTON (2017)	5–9	198	.869		BRENDON WHITE (2017)	6–1	200	.944
DIMITRI FLOWERS (2014)	6–2	215	.849		JORDAN FULLER (2016)	6–1	196	.938
DALTON WOOD (2015)	6–5	247	.840		SAM HUBBARD (2014)	6–6	225	.923
					NOAH BROWN (2014)	6–2	212	.919
					MALIK HOOKER (2014)	6–2	185	.886
					CHRISTOPHER WORLEY (2013)	6–3	190	.868
					DARRON LEE (2013)	6–3	205	.860
					MALIK HARRISON (2016)	6–4	222	.857
					JAHSEN WINT (2016)	5–11	189	.849
AVERAGE	6–1	202	.885		AVERAGE	6–2	201	.912

The Sooners signed 6 athletes between 2013-2017. They have two players that were rated above .900, Michiah Quick and Ryan Jones. Neither Quick or Jones made the stat sheet against UTEP. Marcelias Sutton and Dimitri Flowers both contributed to the Oklahoma rushing attack last week.

Ohio State picked up 12 athlete commits during that time. Jerome Baker (.969) is the only player among the top three that is still on the roster. He had three tackles and defended two passes against the Hoosiers.

J.T. Barrett had a high composite average than Baker Mayfield. Which quarterback do you think is better?
 

2012-2015 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S TE COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
GRANT CALCATERRA (2017)	6–4	207	.913		MARCUS BAUGH (2013)	6–4	225	.960
JEREMIAH HALL (2017)	6–3	220	.859		JAKE HAUSMANN (2016)	6–4	230	.941
CARSON MEIER (2014)	6–6	220	.852		LUKE FARRELL (2016)	6–6	244	.921
ISAAC IJALANA (2014)	6–5	235	.836		KIERRE HAWKINS (2016)	6–4	225	.892
					AJ ALEXANDER (2015)	6–4	220	.869
AVERAGE	6–5	221	.865		AVERAGE	6-4	228	.901

Mark Andrews (.939) was recruited as a wide receiver, but now stresses defenses by lining up at tight end. Talented freshman, Grant Calcaterra (.913) saw action in his first collegiate game and finished with 2 catches for 29 yards and a touchdown.

Marcus Baugh is Ohio State's starting tight end and the highest rated player at this position since 2013. Last week he caught two passes for 16 yards. Luke Farrell had one grab for 14 yards.
 

2012-2015 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S OT COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER (YEAR)	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER (YEAR)	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
BOBBY EVANS (2015)	6–4	280	.923		JOSH MYERS (2017)	6–6	306	.989
KENNY FRISON (2014)	6–5	290	.900		JAMARCO JONES (2014)	6–5	290	.970
ADRIAN EALY (2017)	6–7	300	.900		EVAN LISLE (2013)	6–5	260	.965
DRU SAMIA (2015)	6–5	296	.899		ISAIAH PRINCE (2015)	6–6	272	.950
ERIK SWENSON (2016)	6–7	285	.892		MICHAEL JORDAN (2016)	6–5	305	.939
JOSIAH ST. JOHN (2013)	6–6	280	.879		MALCOLM PRIDGEON (2016)	6–8	324	.933
ALEX DALTON (2014)	6–4	280	.878		KYLE TROUT (2014)	6–6	300	.901
ORLANDO BROWN (2014)	6–8	338	.873		GAVIN CUPP (2016)	6–5	300	.879
QUINN MITTERMEIER (2015)	6–5	285	.869		KEVIN FEDER (2015)	6–9	305	.870
JAMAL DANLEY (2015)	6–5	310	.869		BRANDEN BOWEN (2015)	6–7	330	.867
CODY FORD (2015)	6–4	320	.867		BRADY TAYLOR (2014)	6–5	276	.862
BEN POWERS (2016)	6–5	315	.865		TIMOTHY GARDNER (2013)	6–5	310	.842
CHRISTIAN DAIMLER (2013)	6–7	260	.841
AVERAGE	6–6	295	.881		AVERAGE	6–6	296	.911

Only one pound separates the average big ugly for Oklahoma and Ohio State. Both schools go after offensive tackles that a 6'6" and about 295 pounds.

The Sooners picked up the tackles rated .900 or better since 2013, while Ohio State grabbed seven.

2012-2015 COMPARING OKLAHOMA'S OG/C COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S

PLAYER (YEAR)	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING		PLAYER (YEAR)	HGHT	WT	COMP. RATING
TYRESE ROBINSON (2017)	6–4	310	.953		WYATT DAVIS (2017)	6–5	310	.990
MARQUIS HAYES (2017)	6–6	335	.904		DEMETRIUS KNOX (2014)	6–4	294	.952
CREED HUMPHREY (2017)	6–4	301	.896		MATTHEW BURRELL (2015)	6–4	321	.949
JOHNCARLO VALENTIN (2016)	6–5	330	.881		TYLER GERALD (2016)	6–5	300	.928
ASHTON JULIOUS (2016)	6–6	341	.871		MARCELYS JONES (2014)	6–5	325	.881
NATRELL CURTIS (2014)	6–3	335	.870		JACK WOHLABAUGH (2016)	6–3	280	.876
DOMINIQUE HEARNE (2015)	6–4	280	.861
JOSEPH PAUL (2014)	6–4	335	.842
LOGAN ROBERSON	6–4	338	.798
DIONTE SAVAGE	6–5	330	.797
JONATHAN ALVAREZ	6–3	301	.778
AVERAGE	6–4	321	.859		AVERAGE	6–4	305	.929

Oklahoma loaded up on offensive guards in 2017. The Sooners added three players who are the highest rated players Stoops picked up at the position since 2013.

The future looks bright for Ohio State as well. True freshman, Wyatt Davis (.990) is in the wings for the Buckeyes. The 310 pound guard should be a difference maker when he is ready for the college game.

No. Of Players Recruited Per Position

POSITION	NO. OF PLAYERS	POSITION	NO. OF PLAYERS
QB	6	QB	5
RB	7*	RB	6#
WR	20	WR	12
ATH	6	ATH	12
TE	4	TE	5
OT	13	OT	12
OG / C	11**	OG	6
TOTAL	67	TOTAL	58

*2 APB included.
#4 APB included
**1 C included.

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The Rundown: No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 2 Ohio State