Ryan Day and his staff will have a lot on their plate the first weekend of June.

From June 4-6, the program is expected to host over a dozen official visitors on campus. This includes most of their 2022 class, as well as four-star targets Nick James, Omari Abor, Toriano Pride and Xavier Nwankpa.

What is interesting about this jam-packed weekend, however, is that it occurs on the very first week that high school prospects will be allowed on college campuses since the beginning of March 2020.

While speaking with the media on Monday, Day addressed the possibility of there being some limitations as a result of the continued presence of COVID-19.

“I think there's going to be some restrictions on how many people we can have in,” Day said. “You're talking about a year-and-a-half of people who haven't been on campus; that's really two classes that haven't been here. So, they're going to be coming over the walls. And, so, we're just going to have to be smart about all of that.

“But, for the 2022 class, you know, we're going to be able to do some official visits here, which is great. Get them back on campus. And we're going to wait to see what the university says about testing and that stuff when they come on campus.”

Although a lot of focus has been placed on the inability for recruits to visit schools, equally as important is that coaches have been unable to evaluate them at their schools. With the lack of in-person evaluations, college football staffs have had to rely solely on game film to determine where players stand on their board and/or if they should be offered.

Day says that there’s been some chatter behind the scenes about coaches having a chance to see prospects take the field in person, but nothing is finalized just yet.

“There's also some talk about possibly having whether it's camps or even in-person evaluations here when they get here,” Day said. “So, we're waiting to find out and get some direction on what to do. And then, at that point, we'll kind of go from here. But it's kind of like hurry up and wait and see what's going to happen here.

“But, we have some contingency plans in place. Certainly, talking to the families about getting up here because I know there's a lot of people that are excited to get on campus and get around the program.”

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Throughout this dead period, there is always the possibility that a program may have bent the rules in some way to gain an advantage on their opponents. This may include a coach seeing a recruit while they're on campus, initiating phone calls with them prior to Feb. 1, and any other type of violation.

Day made it very clear today, however, that Ohio State has been on the up and up during this unprecedented dead period.

“That's not how we're going to do it here; we're always going to do things in a first-class manner, and be aboveboard with everything,” Day said. “We are dying to get these people on campus and be around them and host them on visits and have meals with them and laugh with them and look them in the eye and show them our culture. That's the biggest thing: It’s to see our players and see what's here.

“So, that's it's been hard for all of us. But, in the meantime, we're going to take the high road and do things the right way. And, I think that our recruits and our families respect that. And, hopefully, that's what they want to be a part of.”

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Another hot-button topic for the world of college football in general is name, image and likeness. Players are looking to take advantage of an opportunity to make money during their time in college, and this could have a significant ripple effect when it comes to recruiting.

The Buckeyes are a national brand that has a huge following on social media, something Day opened up about on Monday.

“Certainly, Ohio State, with the amount of exposure that these guys get and the amount of interactions we get on social media, there's going to be unbelievable opportunity for these guys in that area," Day said. "So, we're going to kind of wait and see when the rulings made and then we'll start to implement you know our support for these guys.

"In the end, we can't provide anything for them other than support and education. But, certainly, there's going to be a lot of opportunity for them.”

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