Ryan Day brought a championship win to Ohio State, but there's always pressure in Columbus surrounding being the head coach of the Buckeyes.

“Ryan Day saying that he thought Lincoln was in the lead headed into the spring game, and then Julian did what he did,” said cleveland.com reporter Stephen Means on a recent episode of Buckeye Talk, highlighting this unexpected twist in the quarterback narrative.

The Ohio State Buckeyes currently have the No. 5 ranked class in the country for 2026 and continue to recruit in a dominant way under Ryan Day. Day and his staff have recruited at a high level ever since he took over for Urban Meyer and there was no drop-off at all.