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Urban Meyer has done it again. This time the Ohio State Buckeyes landed their 19th commitment in the 2012 class, landing 5-star defensive end Noah Spence. Spence took an official visit yesterday, the 17th. The official visit was Spence’s first and last. He picked Ohio State over scholarship offers from LSU, Florida, Maryland and Penn State, his other finalists.
Braxton Miller, Curtis Grant and Chase Farris played host to Spence and Spence made the trip to Columbus with his father Greg and mother Helen.
The 6'3" and 235lb Noah Spence has been a varsity starter for one of the top prep football programs in the country since his freshman year. He made 42 tackles including 8.5 sacks that season, and then made 55 tackles with 8 sacks his sophomore year, before a spectacular junior season. In his junior year, he made 102 tackles and had a whopping 22 sacks last season.
This season, as a senior, he led Bishop McDevitt to the state championship game. Although they lost the title game 52-0 on Friday night to finish with a 13-3 record, Spence was still dominant all season long. Urban Meyer was even on hand for the contest.
In addition to being the country’s No.1 weakside defensive end, Spence is the No. 1 prospect in the state of Pennsylvania and the country’s No. 15 overall prospect. His list of dozens and dozens of scholarship offers includes the five schools mentioned as well as USC, Notre Dame, Michigan, North Carolina State, Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois, Pitt and Rutgers.
See him in action in video highlights after the jump.
