There is something very different about this year's recruiting class. Prior classes have normally had less than half of the class from the state of Ohio. This year they are almost all from Ohio. Here is the percentage of Freshman recruits from Ohio (includes no-shows) on a year by year basis:
2005 (10/25=40%) - Febus, Ferrainolo, Hartke, Kenkel, Lawrence, Mellot, J. Meyers, Philibin, Schussler, White
2006 (10/17=59%) - Price, Karr, Luchsinger, Black, Posey, Williamson, Reece, Mercer, Fletcher, Hightower
2007 (9/20=45%) - Flading, Dunlop, Clark, O'Hara, Edwards, C. Meyers, King, Jackson, Flowers
2008 (7/17=41%) - Bussey, Carlotta, Greene, Harris, Herman, Thompson, Weller
2009 (5/21=24%) - Davison, Dovell, Taylor, Johnson, Edmond
2010 (6/13=46%) - Carpenter, Cochran, Ingol, Snyder, Tarrant, Kristoff
2011 (12/22=55%) - Crutcher, Davis, Hammonds, Johnson, Macer, McQueen, Price, Purdum, Russell, L. Smith, Wells, Venham
2012 (6/16=38%) - Clark, Laseak, Roberts, S. Smith, Tanner, Watson
2013 (9/20=45%) - Cope, Leavitt, Mangen, Morgan, Murdock, Poling, Quallen, Smart, Wood
2014 (15/18=83% as of now) - Lowery, Duckworth, McCray, Kuhar, Berger, Brumfield, Washington, Brown, Dicillo, Pruehs, Royster, Dudziak, Meyer, Langenkamp, Fox [The only out of state recruits are Walker, Irons, and Brunson]
What does this mean? Is this a one-year aberration? Is it a sign that Ohio's brand is continuing to increase, and that Ohio is becoming the #3 team in the state? Did the coaches reduce their travel budget to the rest of the US so that they could do multiple trips to Canada?
