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          Summer recruit wrap: Ohio State

          • Brad Bournival, RecruitingNationJul 23, 2013, 01:00 PM
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            • Big Ten recruiting reporter
            • Joined ESPN in 2012
            • Graduated from the University of Akron
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          BuckeyeNation looks at 10 themes of Ohio State’s 2014 recruiting class to date:

          Arms race is over

          Ohio State missed out on ESPN 300 quarterbacks Kyle Allen (Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain) and Brandon Harris (Bossier City, La./Parkway) and came up empty on standout DeShaun Watson as well. That didn’t matter to Urban Meyer, who got his man in Stephen Collier (Leesburg, Ga./Leesburg). The Georgia high school standout had a private game of pitch and catch with the Buckeyes coach and it was enough to earn an offer and commitment. Consider the hunt for a quarterback finished.