Bolandand Bonnsetter are listed as signed by one or more of the scouting services

My mistake, colorado. I forgot that they added some speed guys late to last year's class so it didn't end up unbalanced in the end. Maybe the same will happen this year.

Edit - The same is indeed happening - Since this post, Layton and Washington have been added, and Brunis is visiting, so the balance between speed and size is restored.

How many total commits are we going to have this year? it seems like every time i look on this site another person verbally commits, especially WR's.

Wow, reality check.  So, right when I decided I'd use the most comprehensive recruiting service for rankings, 247, when I go to the site what do I see?

OHIO #103 out of 138 overall with 6 3-star guys
OHIO #6 MAC

Then I look at other schools I follow like UC, Marshall, etc. and I see upwards of 10 3-star guys on any and all  teams even with a ranking down into the 70s. 

Sorry guys, just more of the same this year...under the radar, borderline 3-star, low end of FBS and middle of the pack MAC.  This staff will have to be really good next year in coaching up to move the program forward.  Perhaps the new blood on the staff will be good for the program.

And, since the post above, Ohio has added two more players, both unrated, of course, Papi White, and Frueauf, but both have definite talent. If they get rated, they will pop Ohio up the ratings some, but if not, they won't. Regardless of what the rankings say, I am very comfortable saying that I think this is the best recruiting class yet, particularly on the offensive side. You have a top QB, not one, not two, but three top running backs, all very different, a great group of linemen up front, and some very good wide receivers.

Three to five years down the road it's not difficult to imagine Duckworth and Irons/White in the backfield as a  power/speed 1-2 punch, with Walker in the slot, Connor Brown at TE, and Brunis, Meyer, Tyler Jones, and Chek Washington at WR, plus up front a veteran line of Pruehs, Dudziak, Langenkamp, Lowery, and McCray. I see some serious points scored.

Defense is not quite as impressive (how could it be?), but has some players, too. I would guess that after this offensive group, next year's class will focus on the defense, as last year kind of did.

I'll take a stab at the math, too.
Seniors - Ted shows 13 Juniors in 2013, and so do I
Juniors - Ted shows 19 Sophomores in 2013, but I think Everhart and Chapman got scholarships, and you would have to think that Yaz would get one. I'd agree that Venham has most likely lost his and the rumor was that Bennett won't return. That gets us to 20 Juniors.
Sophomores - Ted shows 11 redshirt Freshmen, to which you have to add the true freshmen that played, Mangen, Stewart, S. Smith, Sayles, Basham, and Wood, which gets us to 17. Rumor is Tanner may be done, but he is offset by the return of Windham, so you are still at 17.
Redshirt Feshmen - Ted shows 20, from which you subract the 6 that played, and you are at 14. One on Ted's list is Leavitt, who will count in the next class, so you are at 13

Add these together, and you have 13+20+17+13=63, meaning 22 available to give.

The current list for 2014 should include Levitt, 5 Jucos (Boland, Bonnstetter, Clark, Murray, and Layton), plus 22 Freshmen, Duckworth, White, Walker, Irons, Brown, Dudziak, Langenkamp, McCray, Pruehs, Lowerey, Brunis, Meyer,  Kuhar, Berger, Brunson, Brumfield, Washington, Dicillo, Royster, Jones, and Fox. Thus, I show 22 available to give, and 27 verbals, so at a first pass, we're over by 5. How can this be fixed?

1. Players that don't qualify yet -   Let's start with a guess that Clark and Murray won't be in this class. Another that may have issues qualifying is Chek Washington, who hasn't yet taken the ACT, and there may be others.

2. Players leaving due to injury - Tanner, mentioned above, may be one, but there could be others.

3. Fifth year Seniors who have graduated leaving. Mark Smith is and example of a fifth year Senior, though he might also fit in the group above, given that he hasn't played the last two years due to injury. Atwell or Grady might be also fit here, if they have graduated.

4. Players who aren't playing - Eric Price is an example of someone that has never played. He might be hurt, or it may be something else, but, will he return?

5. Grades - Once in awhile a player fails to keep his grades up. Let's hope that didn't happen.

It isn't hard to believe that 3 players might leave the team, for one or more of these reasons, so it is possible that they will really sign all the verbals, and that they aren't expecting non-qualifiers and decommits.

Edit - Edited to remove Frueauf, who apparently is a preferred walkon.

Is it just me, or do we have more in-state recruits than normal?

Jake Pruehs, Joe Lowery, and Andrew Meyer LOI's all signed. 

Ted. Thanks for all the work.

I wouldn't call Brunis and Meyer speed guys

He may not be able to coach but I like his recruiting.  I wish our staff had more of this attitude:

News Flash:  Just look and see who he beat out for those 2-4-star guys and some of the 3-star guys.  He obviously can identify talent and "sell" them on WMU.  I understand results on the field are completely different.  Still, I'd like to see our staff go after guys like this and get them to Athens.  Say what you want, his class is identified as a Top 50 class by the "experts"...where is OUrs?