I will add that the one thing about the Ohio classes has been that they have always been solid in the respect that virtually everyone in the class had some ability. Whether the players were sleepers or not, they generally contributed, unless there was an injury. As an example, let's go back and look at the class that he scrounged together at the last minute in 2005.  That class was made up almost exclusively of players who had no other offers, yet, how many of these turned out OK? Hartke, Morsillo, J. Meyers,  Parson, D. White, Leuck, Mitchell, Kenkle, Stuck, J. White, V. Owens, Norwood, Schussler, Reilly, Rodgers, Ferrainolo, B. Peterson, Philibin, Renfro, Turner, Lawrence, E. Jackson, B. Jones, Febus, Mellot, and Farley.

Farley never showed, and Mellot got homesick. Among the rest, almost all of them contributed, and some would have contributed a lot more if they hadn't faced injury issues, such as Ferrainolo, Philibin, and B. Jones. They may not have, for the most part, been 3-4 star players, but they were all solid. That is why Ohio has so much depth now compared to what they had - all of the recruits are contributing.

That's what makes it exciting to see these early recruits. If they could find as much talent as they did at the last minute in 2005, among players no one else wanted, how good will the players be that they actually  want as their first choice? Note that in the time I have tracked Ohio recruits, only one recruit has ever had his rating lowered after Ohio offered, and that was from a very high rating to a high rating. Meanwhile every year about 1/3 of the class has their rating increased when the services look at the Senior season. That tells me that Ohio is doing a very accurate job of finding talent, and that, given another year of film, other people see it, too.

The seven recruits that Ohio has already will all go into their Senior season with good ratings. Assuming that this class is typical, about 1/3 of them will play well enough this Fall to have their ratings increased by one or more services between now and January.  When we are all done, I think this is going to be an outstanding class.

That's a great problem to have.  Withdrawing an offer sounds rude but ya know what they say....ya snooze ya lose.

How does it work with offers?  If a prospect accepts, are we committed?  Or is an 'offer' really an offer to the prospect to offer to enroll with us...such that we can turn the prospect down
 
In terms of our needs and how our class fills, do we withdraw offers if a need has been filled or if we come to feel that a given prospect is not right for us and/or another prospect is better and/or more likely to commit to us?

How do 'offers' sit as we begin to fill the class?

Correct that everything is non binding right now, both from the player's side and the school.  That's why I wouldn't be surprised to see one or more of these commits decide to go elsewhere if they blow up their senior year and a bigger school comes calling.  But one other benefit of having so many early commitments is that now they can help recruit their buddies from other high schools to join them here.

Thanks for the responses.

It's clearly a balancing act...one that GOTFrank and staff seem to do well with.  Then, Coach and staff, do a fine job of player development.

The emphasis, lately, on guys who will stay with the program has helped a lot.  Kids who yearn for constant national TV coverage and 75,000 in the stands at every game won't be happy with us.

WR. I'm no L.C. but i believe that this position will fill fastest because most WR can potentialy play the most positions, so you get a lot of value from one recruit.

Yeah I was too lazy to mention why I didn't pick QB. To me, the question seemed relative to the current situation. In OUr case, we have an abundance of depth at the QB position. The WR role isn't so well defined this year with of the loss LaVon and Dunlop, so I can see the need for those types.  And yeah, that dining hall food will get that freshman 15 on you twice. 

If the classes were strong when we were picking up about half of the lads in Jan and Feb, it could portend a bright future to be filling up a lot in August.