Ohio State’s head coach, Ryan Day, is in the middle of a massive recruiting war for one of the best young quarterbacks in the country. Lukas Prock, a spectacular talent from New Jersey, is ranked as the nation’s No. 6 quarterback for his class. He just dropped his top five list of colleges, and both Ohio State and Michigan made the cut, setting up a classic rivalry showdown off the field this time.
The shape of the fight is clear. Prock, a 6-foot-3 pocket passer from Princeton’s Hun School, included Ohio State and Michigan in his top five, along with Notre Dame, Indiana and Florida, as per insiders. For Ryan Day, that sets up a direct head-to-head with a new Michigan staff that has made quarterback recruiting a priority under Kyle Whittingham.
Lukas Prock has made multiple trips to Ohio State in recent months, including a game-day visit in the first week of the season: “I really like Ohio State, Coach Fessler, Coach Day, and I really like how they run the offense. I could really see myself playing there in the future,” Prock said of his September visit…