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The Ohio State Buckeyes have some of the spectacular rosters in all of faculty soccer in 2024, and so they’ve simply added one other nice participant to the group in 2025.
In keeping with On3’s Hayes Fawcett, four-star 2025 linebacker Tarvos Alford has dedicated to the Buckeyes.
Along with the Buckeyes, Alford additionally thought of Florida, Florida State, Miami, Ohio State, Tennessee and UCF.
The Knights made it to his remaining two faculties, however he elected to decide on the Buckeyes to finish his recruitment.
“I’m massive on custom,” the linebacker instructed On3.
“[Columbus is] a school city and I need to be in a school city and get that faculty environment. There may be quite a lot of historical past at Ohio State and other people go away a legacy.”
Alford mentioned that attending Ohio State and taking part in for the Buckeyes offers him the chance to go away his mark in “the historical past books of faculty soccer.”
The younger linebacker from Florida says that former NFL linebacker and present Buckeyes linebacker coach James Laurinaitis was an enormous think about his determination to go to Ohio State.
“I like how he talks to folks,” Alford mentioned concerning the linebackers coach. “He’s younger sufficient to narrate to youthful recruits, however he’s additionally sufficiently old and been via issues to narrate to their dad and mom.
Coach Laurinaitis can do each. He makes all people really feel comfy and really feel the love.”
Ohio State will hope to welcome Alford to campus in 2025 with a brand new nationwide championship trophy.
Head coach Ryan Day has loaded the roster with elite expertise from the switch portal, and he is hopeful that the celebrities will align for a Large Ten title and a School Soccer Playoff title on the finish of the season.
Alford believes within the Buckeyes and their capacity to get it achieved this 12 months.
“[Coach Day has] been coming near profitable a nationwide championship, however I really feel like that is the 12 months that they’re going to have the ability to get that achieved, together with the years going ahead with the 2025 class and the lessons after that.”