Ohio State Gets Good News on Highly Touted Star

The best official visits end with high school prospects leaving campus dreaming about playing for that school.

The Ohio State Buckeyes achieved that goal with four-star edge rusher Carter Meadows.

Meadows shared with On3's Mick Walker that he can picture himself with the Buckeyes.

“My favorite part was definitely learning about the culture of 'Fight' that I can definitely see myself fitting in with,” said Meadows.

Walker portrayed the edge rusher as needing more time to make his final recruitment decision. But Walker also described the Buckeyes "well-positioned" for Meadows.

“They are definitely high on my list and for good reason,” added Meadows.

Ohio State Buckeyes football head coach Ryan Day

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Before Ohio State, Meadows visited the South Carolina Gamecocks and Penn State Nittany Lions.

This weekend, the edge rusher will see the Michigan Wolverines.

On3 has Meadows ranked very high in the 2026 recruiting class. In fact, On3's rankings placed Meadows at No. 2 among edge rushers and sixth overall in the entire class.

The 247Sports Composite rankings considers Meadows an elite prospect as well. However, he's a four-star recruit on those ratings.

Based on the composite rankings, Meadows is the No. 9 edge rusher and No. 72 overall recruit.

On both lists, Meadows is the top 2026 recruit in the District of Columbia.

Ohio State is trying to add Meadows to its list of recruiting success stories in the mid-Atlantic. In the 2017 recruiting class, the Buckeyes landed No. 1 Maryland recruit and seventh-overall prospect Chase Young.

Young eventually became the No. 2 overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft.