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with Ohio State Preparing for a College Football Playoff quarterfinal showdown with miami This weekend, coach Ryan Day and the Buckeyes secured a five-star commitment from the 2027 defensive end on Monday dj jacobsNo. 11 overall prospect espn junior 300,
Jacobs, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound runner from Roswell, Georgia, gave his pledge to Ohio State over Georgia, Miami, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Oregon as one of the leading contenders for the deep list of Power 4 finalists. If he ultimately signs with the Buckeyes next year, Jacobs would represent the program’s highest-rated defensive signee jack sawyer Arrived as the top overall recruit in the 2021 cycle.
Jacobs currently stands as ESPN’s No. 1 prospect in the state of Georgia and the No. 5 overall guard in the 2027 class. His commitment gives No. 2 Ohio State a momentum boost ahead of its Cotton Bowl showdown with No. 10 Miami on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), 25 days after the defending national champions suffered their first loss of the season against No. 1 Indiana in the Big Ten title game.
A three-year starter at Blessed Trinity (Georgia) High School, Jacobs is the son of former Georgia defensive tackle David Jacobs, who spent three seasons with the Bulldogs from 1999 to 2001. His godfather is former Georgia and Miami coach Mark Richt.
Jacobs was credited with 102 tackles and 16 sacks in his junior season this fall and has totaled nearly 300 tackles in his first three varsity seasons. He joins the wide receiver jamier brown (No. 2 overall) as the second five-star pledge among six ESPN 300 recruits currently committed to the Buckeyes’ 2027 class, a group that also includes a pair of four-star guards among safeties ally johnson (No. 141) and inside linebacker quinton cypher (No. 216)
Ohio State closed the early signing period of 2026 on December 5 with ESPN’s ninth-ranked class, headlined by the inclusion of a five-star pass catcher. chris henry jr (No. 7 overall).
