2012 Recruiting Class
| Name | Pos. | Hgt. | Wgt. | Hometown/High School |
| Warren Ball | RB | 6-2 | 205 | Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales |
| Devan Bogard | DB | 6-0 | 175 | Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville |
| Jacoby Boren* | OL | 6-2 | 275 | Pickerington, Ohio/Central |
| Taylor Decker | OL | 6-8 | 315 | Vandalia, Ohio/Butler |
| Kyle Dodson | OL | 6-6 | 310 | Cleveland, Ohio/Cleveland Heights |
| Bri'onte Dunn* | RB | 6-2 | 220 | Canton, Ohio/GlenOak |
| Pat Elflein | OL | 6-3 | 285 | Pickerington, Ohio/North |
| Frank Epitropoulos | WR | 6-3 | 197 | Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington |
| Cardale Jones* | QB | 6-5 | 220 | Cleveland, Ohio/Glendale & Fork Union Mil. Acad. |
| Jamal Marcus | LB | 6-2 | 235 | Durham, N.C./Hillside |
| Najee Murray | DB | 5-11 | 172 | Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville |
| Joey O'Connor | OL | 6-4 | 295 | Windsor, Colo./Windsor |
| David Perkins | LB | 6-2 | 220 | South Bend, Ind./ South Bend Washington |
| Joshua Perry* | LB | 6-3 | 230 | Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy |
| Se'Von Pittman | DE | 6-5 | 245 | Canton, Ohio/McKinley |
| Tyvis Powell* | DB | 6-3 | 180 | Bedford, Ohio/Bedford |
| Armani Reeves | CB | 5-10 | 185 | West Roxbury, Mass./Catholic Memorial |
| Luke Roberts | LB | 6-2 | 225 | Lancaster, Ohio/Lancaster |
| Tommy Schutt | DT | 6-3 | 300 | Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard |
| Ricquan Southward | WR | 6-2 | 190 | Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland |
| Noah Spence | DE | 6-4 | 245 | Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt |
| Blake Thomas | TE | 6-4 | 245 | Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius |
| Michael Thomas* | WR | 6-4 | 205 | Los Angeles, Calif./Woodland Hills Taft & FUMA |
| Adolphus Washington | DE | 6-5 | 245 | Cincinnati, Ohio/Taft |
| Camren Williams | LB | 6-2 | 215 | West Roxbury, Mass./Catholic Memorial |
*Enrolled at Ohio State in January 2012
All four of the defensive linemen are among the Top 100 players in the nation. This has been the calling card to great teams for Meyer. He always has a great defense and Ohio State over the last 10 years has been the best overall. It will be interesting to see the power of OSU with the big 10 channel, the love that Columbus and all of Ohio has for Ohio State mixed with the new coach. I expect there will be BCS games in multiple years over the next class.
Ohio State fans support their team during a game against Michigan. (Greg Bartram-US PRESSWIRE)
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Hi Brandon, Joey O'Connor from Windsor, Co. will be a starter in his second year if not sooner. Go Buckeyes!