Australian Punter Jesse Mirco Commits To Ohio State

By Colin Hass-Hill on May 6, 2020 at 8:21 am
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Ohio State headed back down under for a specialist.

Punter Jesse Mirco, an Australian native, committed to play for the Buckeyes on Wednesday morning. He becomes their 18th commitment in the nation's top-ranked 2021 recruiting class.

He's following in the footsteps of Cameron Johnston, a former Ohio State punter from Australia who now is with the Philadelphia Eagles. Mirco is currently with Prokick Australia, a company helping Australians transition to college football and the NFL that also produced Johnston.

Mirco, who has never been to Ohio State before and is slated to take an official visit in October, is a 23-year-old Australia rules football player who began learning how to punt for American football when he joined Prokick Australia four months ago, per Land Grant Holy Land's Tia Johnston

As a scholarship punter, Mirco will have a chance to replace current punter Drue Chrisman as a freshman. Chrisman's a redshirt senior entering his final year of eligibility as a Buckeye.

Since Ohio State landed La Salle kicker Jake Seibert in the 2020 cycle, Mirco will likely be Ohio State's only specialist addition in its 2021 class.

OHIO STATE 2021 COMMITS
NAME POSITION OVERALL RANKING POSITION RANKING DATE OF COMMITMENT
JACK SAWYER DE No. 3 No. 3 FEBRUARY 3, 2019
KYLE MCCORD QB No. 25 No. 3 (PRO-STYLE) APRIL 30, 2019
JAYDEN BALLARD WR No. 68 No. 12 JUNE 21, 2019
BEN CHRISTMAN OT No. 109 No. 15 JUNE 26, 2019
REID CARRICO LB No. 73 No. 2 (ILB) SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
MARVIN HARRISON JR. WR No. 58 No. 8 OCTOBER 31, 2019
SAM HART TE No. 390 No. 17 DECEMBER. 30, 2019
JAYLEN JOHNSON S No. 343 No. 19 JANUARY 7, 2020
DONOVAN JACKSON OG No. 33 No. 1 JANUARY 8, 2020
MIKE HALL DT No. 74 No. 6 FEBRUARY 1, 2020
JAKAILIN JOHNSON CB No. 52 No. 4 MARCH 15, 2020
DEVONTA SMITH CB No. 419 No. 28 MARCH 16, 2020
EVAN PRYOR RB No. 83 No. 5 MARCH 16, 2020
ANDRE TURRENTINE S No. 134 No. 5 MARCH 17, 2020
TREVEYON HENDERSON RB No. 18 No. 1 MARCH 27, 2020
TUNMISE ADELEYE SDE No. 41 No. 4 APRIL 15, 2020
JANTZEN DUNN ATH No. 207 No. 12 APRIL 20, 2020
JESSE MIRCO P N/A N/A MAY 6, 2020
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