Long before they were highly sought-after recruits, the members of Ohio State’s 2018 recruiting class were just wide-eyed kids with big dreams.
Thankfully, their parents documented every step of their journey to stardom with hundreds of glossy photographs — some of which the newest batch of Buckeyes hoped would never see the light of day. But with their sons off to college this week, several parents broke out the family photo album to find some of their favorite (or child’s most embarrassing) photos.
Here are some of their best shots:
QUARTERBACK MATTHEW BALDWIN
H-BACK JAELEN GILL
RUNNING BACK MASTER TEAGUE III
WIDE RECEIVER KAMRYN BABB
WIDE RECEIVER CHRIS OLAVE
WIDE RECEIVER L'CHRISTIAN "BLUE" SMITH
TIGHT END JEREMY RUCKERT
OFFENSIVE TACKLE MAX WRAY
DEFENSIVE END TYREKE SMITH
DEFENSIVE END ALEX WILLIAMS
DEFENSIVE TACKLE ANTWUAN JACKSON JR.
LINEBACKER DALLAS GANT
LINEBACKER TERADJA MITCHELL
LINEBACKER K'VAUGHAN POPE
CORNERBACK SEVYN BANKS
CORNERBACK CAMERON BROWN
CORNERBACK TYREKE JOHNSON
SAFETY JOSH PROCTOR
Special thanks to Mindy Baldwin, Shelly Gill, Corey Teague, Ty Babb, Causha Jones-Olave, Lorenzo Smith, Bill Ruckert, Stacy Wray, Michelle Smith, Jen Williams, Darnisha Allen-Jackson, Rhonda Kimmons, Terry Mitchell, Leticia Smith, Andrea Tate, Shantay Brown, Earl Johnson and LaVonia Proctor.