Ohio State’s wide receiver pipeline keeps rolling, and Jett Harrison is the latest name to sit near the top of it.
Rivals now has the Ohio State commit rated as the No. 1 recruit in the country for the 2028 class, making the Philadelphia native the best prospect at any position. Harrison has been a five-star for a while, but holding onto that status in the latest update only adds to the buzz around a player already headed to Columbus in a couple of seasons.
At 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, Harrison doesn’t fit the biggest frame you’d expect from the top player in the nation. But the ranking makes sense when you look at the rest of the package. He’s fast, he has great hands, he seems to catch just about everything, and he moves smoothly through his routes.
That gives Ohio State another premium weapon to pair with what’s already coming. Jamier Brown, another five-star, is set to arrive in next year’s class and has been committed to the Buckeyes for some time. That means Harrison and Brown could be teammates for a while, which is a pretty enticing setup for Ohio State’s future receiver room.
There has also been some chatter about Harrison potentially reclassifying to the 2027 recruiting class, but that remains unfounded for now. As things stand, he is still headed to Ohio State in the 2028 class.
The bigger question is who will be getting him the football once he arrives. Tavien St.
Clair was expected to be the starter during Harrison’s freshman season, but that no longer looks especially strong at the moment. Luke Fahey could end up being the one delivering passes to him instead.
Ohio State does already have another quarterback committed in the 2028 class: Christopher Vargas. Even so, it’s highly unlikely Vargas would be the starter as a true freshman, since that has never happened under Ryan Day.
There’s still plenty of time for that picture to change. For now, though, the Buckeyes have another elite receiver on the way, and Harrison looks like the kind of player who should thrive no matter who is throwing him the ball. His brother fit that mold too, even with Kyle McCord as the starter for a year.
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