Ohio State has already lined up a visit with the top linebacker in the transfer portal.
Former Pittsburgh linebacker Rasheem Biles, a second-team All-ACC selection this season, will visit Ohio State on Monday, according to multiple reports.
Pittsburgh linebacker transfer Rasheem Biles plans to visit Ohio State next week, per @mzenitz, @chris_hummer and @CodyNagel247.
— 247Sports Transfer Portal (@247SportsPortal) January 2, 2026
One of the top ranked players in the portal. https://t.co/RyV1Q4t7Yg pic.twitter.com/Fbsx7HgkQz
Pitt LB Rasheem Biles is scheduled to visit Ohio State on Monday, his rep @thebizofathlete tells @On3sports.https://t.co/O1KyRzxrp6 https://t.co/t0hcZmIATO
— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos) January 2, 2026
Biles was one of the most productive linebackers in all of college football this season, tying for seventh in the nation with 17 tackles for loss. He scored three defensive touchdowns in 2025, two on interceptions and one on a fumble return, and had 100 total tackles with 4.5 sacks, four pass breakups and two forced fumbles in just 10 games.
He finished his three-year career at Pittsburgh with the best game of his career, recording 16 tackles with five tackles for loss, two sacks, a pass deflection and a forced fumble that he returned for a 23-yard touchdown in the Panthers’ Military Bowl loss to East Carolina.
Rasheem Biles is the first player with 15 tackles, four TFL and a touchdown in any game in 18 years pic.twitter.com/2iTJs08vfb
— ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) December 27, 2025
Biles, who played at Pickerington Central High School, is ranked by On3 as the No. 1 linebacker in the transfer portal.
Should Ohio State land Biles, he’d project as a likely replacement for his former high school teammate Sonny Styles, who’s now exhausted his collegiate eligibility, as Ohio State’s starting Will linebacker.
Even if Arvell Reese enters the NFL draft, Ohio State would have multiple candidates to start at linebacker next season already on the roster in Payton Pierce and Riley Pettijohn. Biles, however, would give the Buckeyes a proven commodity at linebacker who’s shown he can be a major playmaker, giving them good reason to make an all-out effort to bring Biles back to his hometown for his final year of collegiate eligibility.
