His commitment continued a remarkable trend at cornerback for Ohio State over the last few cycles, especially since Walton arrived with the team.

Scott was one of three commitments in the class, along with Bryce West (No. 58) and Miles Lockhart (No. 388). The 2023 class was loaded too, as Ohio State signed Jermaine Mathews Jr. (No. 51) and Calvin Simpson-Hunt (No. 62). The 2025 class already has four-star Blake Woodby (No. 76) and could add five-star Devin Sanchez (No. 6) over the weekend, too.

But Scott’s addition to the class was another in a now-growing line of elite cornerback commitments, and paired with the fact that Scott is an in-state product, it shaped up to be everything Ohio State wants, and needs, in its recruiting classes.

“Tim has done a great job identifying talent early on and then building relationships and going from there,” Day said. “You’re seeing the way that our corners are playing, I think that’s a big part of the recruiting process, seeing it on the field. Aaron Scott was somebody who came to camp early on, and it was a hot day out there, and he grinded.

He went for I think an hour, and just everything we threw at him as a young player — he had a broken wrist — he kept working. We could tell there was a toughness there, there was a grit there, and he wanted to earn that scholarship — and he did that day.”