The Hurry-Up: Florida 2026 QB Will Griffin Says Ohio State Has Done "A Phenomenal Job" at Developing Quarterbacks and OSU Personnel React to Miles Lockhart's Commitment

By Garrick Hodge on July 6, 2023 at 5:39 pm
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Ohio State already has its quarterback for both the 2024 and the 2025 classes.

But the Buckeyes also have their attention focused on the 2026 class, and offered their third quarterback in the cycle in June in Florida standout Will Griffin. Griffin earned the offer after impressing Ryan Day and Corey Dennis at a recruiting camp last month, as he went toe-to-toe in competing with OSU 2025 commit Tavien St. Clair and 2025 target Ryan Montgomery, both of whom were at the same camp. 

Griffin’s arm talent was on display along with an advanced frame for his age at 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds. After the camp, Day extended an offer to Griffin. 

“It was fantastic, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Griffin said. “Especially learning from two coaches that know all about the position and football so that was great. I’m really good friends with Tavien, Ryan was here earlier and I made some new friends. Competition makes each other great and all of us got better today.”

The Florida signal caller said he enjoyed learning from Day and will take back some of the techniques he learned and add it to his game. 

“He did help me a lot on some mechanics and told me to stay balanced back there,” Griffin said.

Griffin has paid plenty of attention to OSU’s quarterback development over the past few seasons, and has been impressed with the Buckeyes having three straight first round signal callers. 

“They’ve done a phenomenal job,” Griffin said. “You’ve got Justin Fields, Dwayne Haskins and C.J. Stroud. Stroud is just amazing, I personally thought he was the best quarterback in college football last year. They know a thing or two about coaching quarterbacks.”

 

In his freshman season at Jesuit (Tampa, Florida), Griffin completed 106 of 187 passes for 1,653 yards with 18 touchdowns to nine interceptions. Griffin also ran for 124 yards with two touchdowns.

Griffin said he plans on returning to OSU for a visit sometime this year, but is unsure of a specific date.

    

Social media reaction to Miles Lockhart’s OSU commitment

In case you missed it, Ohio State’s 2024 recruiting class grew by one on Thursday after four-star Arizona cornerback Miles Lockhart gave his commitment to Tim Walton and the Buckeyes. 

Lockhart broke down his commitment with Eleven Warriors and knew Ohio State was the place for him from the start. 

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“They were always the school that was No. 1 for me,” Lockhart said. “Ever since they offered me, they were the school that I really wanted to go to. They recruited me the hardest and I had the best relationships there. I just really felt comfortable there.”

Following Lockhart’s commitment, various OSU football personnel and commitments reacted via social media, and we’ve compiled some of their tweets below.

Gipson to commit on July 22

Another Ohio State target has set a commitment date for July. Four-star cornerback Corian Gipson told On3 he plans on making a college decision on July 22 and will choose from a final five of Ohio State, Clemson, Alabama, TCU and Texas.

Gipson made an official visit to Ohio State in June, but the Buckeyes are not expected to land Gipson later this month, as Clemson is the favorite in the recruiting industry to secure Gipson's commitment.

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