It appears that Ohio State will get a shot to keep three-star defensive tackle Jamir Perez home, after all.
The 2026 Glenville product will still take an official visit to Columbus this month despite his pledge to Florida, according to 247Sports.
Perez will be at Ohio State on June 13-15, the same weekend his high school teammate, four-star linebacker Cincere Johnson, is scheduled to visit. Per the report, Perez may also take official visits to other schools, including Wisconsin, Iowa State, Purdue and perhaps Alabama.
Larry Johnson offered Perez in April following his visit to Ohio State for the spring game, then Perez committed to the Gators on May 18. The fact that Perez is still open to visiting Ohio State indicates it may be difficult for Florida to get Perez to sign in December and there’s still a decent chance he could end up with the Buckeyes.
If OSU can land Perez, it would keep the Glenville to Ohio State pipeline alive, with Arvell Reese, Bryce West and Damarion Witten joining the Buckeyes in recent recruiting classes. Ohio State would like to pair Perez with Johnson and his other high school teammate D’Angelo White (2027 tight end) as well.
In the meantime, Ohio State made four intriguing offers to prospects in the 2027 class, all ranked within the top 100 prospects of in the class, in the past few days. There will be more offers to come over the next week or so, considering the Buckeyes kick off their first one-day recruiting camp of the summer on Thursday. Eleven Warriors will have plenty of coverage from Thursday’s camp and all that follows, but in the meantime, we’ll break down each of the three offers given to top-100 prospects this week below.
Cooper Hackett
Ohio State has offered a five-star offensive tackle. What could go wrong, right? In any case, Tyler Bowen is taking his shot with the country’s No. 3 offensive tackle in Cooper Hackett, who’s considered the 10th-best player in the 2027 class per 247Sports’ composite rankings.
After a great conversation with@TylerBowen I am blessed to receive an offer from The Ohio State University#AGTG Thankful&Grateful #tmrollsdeep@ryandaytime @R_C_Nolan @TraseJ125@CoachDownumFTG @CoachJ1101 @jtolbert76 @JRConrad64@FG_TigerFB pic.twitter.com/uy7gjDcwoB
— Cooper Hackett (@CooperHackett65) June 4, 2025
The 6-foot-7, 250-pound Hackett has 12 Division I offers, including Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kansas State, Mizzou, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M.
The Oklahoma product is a multi-sport athlete and also plays basketball for his high school.
Qua Ford
Bowen extended his run of offering top-tier tackles in the 2027 cycle with Qua Ford, a 6-foot-5, 285-pound prospect from Texas.
#AGTG WOWWW! Blessed to receive a offer from @OhioStateFB @TylerBowen @samspiegs @StanfordGerry @Eric_Sutton4 pic.twitter.com/QWpnPi5MSy
— Qua Ford (@quadarockstar) June 3, 2025
Ford is considered the No. 27 prospect and the No. 5 offensive tackle in the 2027 class. He’s earned 14 Division I offers, including Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Mizzou, SMU, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
In Ford’s sophomore season, he was his team’s starting left tackle and helped guide his high school to a 12-1 record.
Toa Satele
James Laurinaitis has offered one of the top linebackers in the 2027 class. Four-star Hawaii prospect Toa Satele was the recipient of the offer, as it was his 26th Division I opportunity.
God is great! After an amazing phone call, I am honored and blessed to say that I have received a scholarship to Ohio State University! #tyj #gobucks @JLaurinaitis55 @Locklyn33 @OhioStateFB @BrandonHuffman @GregBiggins @adamgorney @satele64 pic.twitter.com/Hx5JAoWWpX
— Samson TOA Satele (@SamsonSateleII) June 3, 2025
Other schools that have offered Satele include Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Mizzou, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, USC, Utah and Washington.
Satele is considered the No. 95 prospect and the No. 6 linebacker in the 2027 cycle.
