Bryce James, the son of NBA star LeBron James, returned to his start state this weekend for an unofficial go to to Ohio State on the weekend that the Buckeyes soccer crew confronted off towards Maryland.
He tweeted on Saturday night that he had acquired a proposal from Ohio State throughout the go to.
Blessed to obtain a proposal from Ohio state #GoBuckeyes pic.twitter.com/C2JFXfCEoj
— Bryce James (@bryce_james23) October 7, 2023
With LeBron’s vocal fandom of Ohio State, his birthplace in Akron, and the notoriety he delivered to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the place he gained certainly one of his 4 championships, the Buckeyes have lengthy been linked prominently within the public eye to the James household. Bryce’s older brother, Bronny, visited the Buckeyes earlier than selecting USC.
There may be nonetheless some thriller round Bryce as a recruit, extra so than there was for LeBron or Bronny. A member of the category of 2025, Bryce attended Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) for his two years earlier than transferring to Campbell Corridor (Studio Metropolis, Calif.) in Could however shortly shifting course and touchdown on Notre Dame Excessive College (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) in August.
Recruiting websites differ, each when it comes to objectivity and subjectivity. ESPN lists him as a 6-foot-6 small ahead whereas 247Sports nonetheless has him as a 6-foot-4 taking pictures guard. ESPN considers him a four-star prospect whereas 247Sports, each by itself rating and on its business composite, record him as a three-star participant.
He averaged 7.6 factors in 15 video games with the Nike EYBL 16U circuit this 12 months, based on ESPN, which additionally reported the information of Bryce’s go to to Ohio State.
James posted a photograph in jersey from his go to at Ohio State:
Lantern Sports activities, the sports activities part of the each day pupil newspaper of Ohio State, tweeted a video of James on the Buckeyes’ soccer recreation chatting with head coach Chris Holtmann.
Bryce James speaking with males’s basketball head coach Chris Holtmann on the sideline. Savannah James can also be in attendance. pic.twitter.com/0o4woahBJA
— Lantern Sports activities (@LanternSports) October 7, 2023
Below Holtmann’s six years on the helm, the Buckeyes males’s basketball crew has appeared in 4 NCAA Males’s Basketball Tournaments, three of the instances attending to the second spherical and as soon as dropping within the first. Final season, Ohio State went 16-19, its first sub-.500 season since 2003-04.