Legend Bey’s Ohio State story has barely started, and it already comes with baggage.
The former Tennessee signee was not on the practice field when the Buckeyes opened camp on Thursday. Ryan Day said Bey will miss the first couple of days because of a violation of team rules, according to Eleven Warriors.
That wrinkle adds another chapter to a recruitment that never really calmed down. Bey, a native of Forney, Texas, first committed to Tennessee in July 2025, picking the Vols over Texas A&M and others. Ohio State jumped into the race later in the fall, pushed hard, and eventually flipped his pledge in November.
Even that wasn’t the end of it. On signing day, Bey shocked everyone by inking with Tennessee instead of Ohio State. He then took to X to explain the situation before deleting the post.
“Good Afternoon, I was just recently logged out of my IG and probably will be logged out of this Account as well by my older brother who has access to my account because, I wont’ sign to the school him and my mother wants,” Bey posted before quickly deleting.
A report from BuckNuts said Bey wanted to sign with Ohio State, but because he was 17, he needed his mother’s signature too. That report also said Bey’s mom, and apparently his brother, wanted him at Tennessee.
Tennessee eventually released Bey from his signing, and he signed with and enrolled at Ohio State.
Bey was a high school quarterback and entered the cycle as a four-star recruit. He ranked No. 127 overall in the 2026 recruiting class, per the 247sports composite rankings. Tennessee projected him as a receiver, while Ohio State brought him in as a running back.
The early camp issue won’t define his time in Columbus, but it does mean the Buckeyes are dealing with a player whose path to campus was anything but ordinary.
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