November 10, 2025 • 9 mins
In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, hosts Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman discuss the breaking news that Ohio State has flipped elite athlete Legend Bey from Tennessee. The fellas talk about the player that the Buckeyes are getting and how he might fit in to Ohio State's offensive attack down the road.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, everybody, Welcome to the Buckeye Weekly Podcast. I'm Tony
Gerdaman here as always with Tom or Tom.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
How's it going, Tony, WIT's not as always. This is
a breaking new show. This is very different from a
normal show because this one we had less time to plan.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Well, I don't know if that's entirely different than a
normal show, but yes, it is a breaking new show.
Commitment of legend Bay from North Forty High School in forty, Texas,
a four star, three star, four Star Composite athlete, plays quarterback.
Is a dynamic running quarterback five' eleven one eighty ish
(00:41):
one seventy five ish and is the number twenty four
athlete overall in the twenty four to seven Sports Composite,
number three hundred and sixty one player overall, number forty
seven player in Texas. And Tom, I've seen some some
Texas high school people mentioning like that he is the
most dynamic player in the state. And I'm just gonna
say it. If you can get the most dynamic player
(01:03):
in the state of Texas, I don't think that's a
bad thing.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
No, I definitely don't think that's a bad thing. This
is one of this is a guy where you just
sometimes you watch the highlights and it's like, well, okay, yeah,
everyone looks good in their highlight reel. It's obviously this
is all their best plays. This is one where you
look at it and it's like, well, most people don't
look like that in their highlight reel. Like this is
someone who is doing stuff that you just don't see
(01:28):
a whole heck of a lot. And just he's playing
quarterback for Hiss High School. He's not going to play
quarterback at Ohio State at least, you know, maybe maybe
on a one off basis. He will throw the football
from time to time. But he's someone who feels like you,
you know, I would guess he probably gets his first
look at running back, but you know, could he be
some kind of a you know, third down back, all
(01:50):
purpose receiver, all purpose back. You know, I think he's
someone who you could do. He probably takes a year
to get up to a college running act kind of weight,
but once he does, you know, I keep seeing people
compare him to Curtis Samuel. It's like that's probably not
a comp you should throw on guys, But but also
(02:11):
you can, you know, you can see where the comp
comes from.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Oh yeah for sure, and he was committed to Tennessee
flipped Ohio State flipped him. Also had offers from Texas
A and m Georgia. Like Navy for one. I think
he would be pretty interesting in the Navy offense. Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Texas Tech. You know, boy, if Texas Tech won't you, you
(02:35):
must be pretty good, as we know, but you know,
some real live programs. Carlos Lachlan listen as his primary
recruiter again kind of lends you to believe that his
future will be at Ohio State. But as Carlos Lachlan
always says, if you can't catch the ball, you can't
play at Ohio State. You can't play running back at
Ohio State. So there's going to be a learning curve.
(02:57):
And it is interesting because we have not gone down
this learning curve at Ohio State in a while where
they go and get the athletic quarterback who is an
athlete to go and play this position of that position.
The last one I think was Cameron Martinez who was like, well,
he could end up at h he could end up
(03:18):
on defense. He ended up on defense, and then he
ended up Boston College, Boston College. Yes, Yeah, and then
before that, like Jalen Jalen Marshall quarterback for Middletown and
that he redshirted and then as a redchard freshman, was
a key member of that twenty fourteen Ohio State football
(03:39):
team as that slot receiver. But Curtis Samuel came to
Ohio State as a running back and then grew into
more as Ohio State was in their search, constant search
for their the Percy Harvin role, which eventually became the
Curtis Samuel roll because he was so good at it,
but just been time liked bay as run at ten
(04:01):
to two one hundred. So again, figure it out and
go from there.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Yeah, and I'm sure that people are going to be saying, well,
Cam Martinez didn't pan out, or Jalen Gill didn't pan out,
or Mookie Cooper didn't pan out. And yeah, I mean
this is not a you know, this is not a
profile that is going to have a one hit rate.
But I think a couple of things that would lend
you to yeah, absolutely bring him in and figure it
(04:29):
out are number one, the track speed, as you said,
and this is not just like, yeah, one guy with
a Stopwatch one time, like, no, if you're running crack
like they they take the times pretty seriously in track
rather famously. So that's that's one piece of information. Another
thing that's a little different than playing you know, small
school Northern Michigan high school football, is he's playing in
(04:50):
the same conference that Jackson Smith and Jigba. Did you
know he plays jack Jackson Smith and jigs Old rock
Wall team a little later on in the season, And
so this is you know, this is big boy Texas
high school football. So when you were running around and
making everyone else look like they're standing in quicksand that
means something that it doesn't mean when it's like you know, well,
here we've got this guy and he's from you know,
(05:13):
you pick your small school, like, oh, he's from rural Kansas,
and boy, he looks like the fastest guy. And feel like, yeah, man,
I would probably be about the third fastest guy in
that field. So yeah, this is this is a very
different thing. And this is not a spot where Ohio
State has, you know, is desperate and it's like, well,
we're just gonna throw out an offer him. We're a boy,
We're gonna have to hope. We just get someone we
just need to fill this. But this is you know,
(05:35):
Ohio State is loaded at running back. Ohio State is
loaded at wide receiver. Ohio State has plenty of guys
that can return kicks. So if they you know, if
they're looking at Legend Bay and saying, hey, boy, this
this is a guy who you could bring in and boy,
he could really be a contributor at some point that
you know, that should be in addition to all the
other stuff, that should be another thing that tells you, Okay,
(05:55):
you know, yes, this exact you know, this type of
profile has not worked necessarily always worked in the past
for Ohio State, but you know when it has, boy
it has really worked. And there are some markers here
that yeah, this could very well be on something that
ends up on the positive side of that well.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And I think one of the differences is that if
you are just looking at him to play running back,
that's a much different transition than moving to having play receiver.
And we all remember the old Urban Meyer ways of
recruiting a lot of these guys and then the years
that would take to develop a quarterback to become a receiver.
(06:33):
We're here, you know, you're playing a running quarterback and
now you turn into a running back and it's a
lot simpler thing. Even Curtis Samuel was a running back
in high school, played running back as a true freshman
at Ohio State and then started to progress after that.
But he started they started a game as a true
freshman at running back at Ohio State when you know
Ezekiel Elliott had a bad week of practice or something
(06:55):
and they threw Curtis Samuel in I think maybe against
Illinois or something. So like he was he was part
of that that room and then became more and I
just think the development is a different kind of thing here.
If you're if he is going to stay at running back,
I think that's an easier transition. And then again, athletes
(07:16):
or athletes, they can go and catch the ball in
the flats and do those things and run routes. And
I'm sure he can run routes. I've seen him run
routes at some of the camps. So like that's clearly
you know you'd have to go. So if you if
you wanted to be quarterback, he could go play quarterbacks somewhere.
He understands where his future is and that's something that
not everybody does. So again that's a that's a that's
(07:38):
a check in the in the good box there that
he understands what you know is his physical traits limited
him to but also open him to and he's certainly
got some some unique physical traits that can bode well
in the future. Anything else time before we get out
of here. Nice and nice little pick up here for
the Buckeyes.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Yeah, yeah, very nice pick up. And and you know,
I think he's in a he's in a good spot
where they don't need him to be an immediate impact
guy if he has the ability to. And as you said,
the learning curve is not going to be you know,
really brutal learning curve. O High State have taken some
guys where it's you know, they take them and it's like, yeah,
I mean I see what you see, but you know,
we'll see in two years. And this is not one
(08:19):
of those. This is this is something where you know
he might have he might have a good winner in
spring in the weight room with coach Mick and be
ready to go as a as a true freshman. They
won't need him because they're deep at running back, they're
deep at wide receiver. You've got you've got kick returning guys.
You could you could run out there, but if he's ready,
there are opportunity awaits.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Definitely opportunity does a wait, So there you go. If
you're watching a YouTube ahead that combs up, we'd appreciate that,
of course, a podcast platform choice, a five star writing
interview as always appreciated. Buckeyees pick up their latest commitment
and legend Bay out of Texas Dynamic fourth attend two
and the one hundred meters. Some say four to three
and the forty. So not that the forty is a
(09:00):
thing anymore. You know, let's talk about miles per hour.
That's what everybody's talking about. But the ten two in
one hundred meters certainly legit. So there you go, Thank
you all for tuning in, and we'll talk to you
all later
Hello, everybody, Welcome to the Buckeye Weekly Podcast. I'm Tony
Gerdaman here as always with Tom or Tom.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
How's it going, Tony, WIT's not as always. This is
a breaking new show. This is very different from a
normal show because this one we had less time to plan.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Well, I don't know if that's entirely different than a
normal show, but yes, it is a breaking new show.
Commitment of legend Bay from North Forty High School in forty, Texas,
a four star, three star, four Star Composite athlete, plays quarterback.
Is a dynamic running quarterback five' eleven one eighty ish
(00:41):
one seventy five ish and is the number twenty four
athlete overall in the twenty four to seven Sports Composite,
number three hundred and sixty one player overall, number forty
seven player in Texas. And Tom, I've seen some some
Texas high school people mentioning like that he is the
most dynamic player in the state. And I'm just gonna
say it. If you can get the most dynamic player
(01:03):
in the state of Texas, I don't think that's a
bad thing.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
No, I definitely don't think that's a bad thing. This
is one of this is a guy where you just
sometimes you watch the highlights and it's like, well, okay, yeah,
everyone looks good in their highlight reel. It's obviously this
is all their best plays. This is one where you
look at it and it's like, well, most people don't
look like that in their highlight reel. Like this is
someone who is doing stuff that you just don't see
(01:28):
a whole heck of a lot. And just he's playing
quarterback for Hiss High School. He's not going to play
quarterback at Ohio State at least, you know, maybe maybe
on a one off basis. He will throw the football
from time to time. But he's someone who feels like you,
you know, I would guess he probably gets his first
look at running back, but you know, could he be
some kind of a you know, third down back, all
(01:50):
purpose receiver, all purpose back. You know, I think he's
someone who you could do. He probably takes a year
to get up to a college running act kind of weight,
but once he does, you know, I keep seeing people
compare him to Curtis Samuel. It's like that's probably not
a comp you should throw on guys, But but also
(02:11):
you can, you know, you can see where the comp
comes from.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Oh yeah for sure, and he was committed to Tennessee
flipped Ohio State flipped him. Also had offers from Texas
A and m Georgia. Like Navy for one. I think
he would be pretty interesting in the Navy offense. Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Texas Tech. You know, boy, if Texas Tech won't you, you
(02:35):
must be pretty good, as we know, but you know,
some real live programs. Carlos Lachlan listen as his primary
recruiter again kind of lends you to believe that his
future will be at Ohio State. But as Carlos Lachlan
always says, if you can't catch the ball, you can't
play at Ohio State. You can't play running back at
Ohio State. So there's going to be a learning curve.
(02:57):
And it is interesting because we have not gone down
this learning curve at Ohio State in a while where
they go and get the athletic quarterback who is an
athlete to go and play this position of that position.
The last one I think was Cameron Martinez who was like, well,
he could end up at h he could end up
(03:18):
on defense. He ended up on defense, and then he
ended up Boston College, Boston College. Yes, Yeah, and then
before that, like Jalen Jalen Marshall quarterback for Middletown and
that he redshirted and then as a redchard freshman, was
a key member of that twenty fourteen Ohio State football
(03:39):
team as that slot receiver. But Curtis Samuel came to
Ohio State as a running back and then grew into
more as Ohio State was in their search, constant search
for their the Percy Harvin role, which eventually became the
Curtis Samuel roll because he was so good at it,
but just been time liked bay as run at ten
(04:01):
to two one hundred. So again, figure it out and
go from there.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Yeah, and I'm sure that people are going to be saying, well,
Cam Martinez didn't pan out, or Jalen Gill didn't pan out,
or Mookie Cooper didn't pan out. And yeah, I mean
this is not a you know, this is not a
profile that is going to have a one hit rate.
But I think a couple of things that would lend
you to yeah, absolutely bring him in and figure it
(04:29):
out are number one, the track speed, as you said,
and this is not just like, yeah, one guy with
a Stopwatch one time, like, no, if you're running crack
like they they take the times pretty seriously in track
rather famously. So that's that's one piece of information. Another
thing that's a little different than playing you know, small
school Northern Michigan high school football, is he's playing in
(04:50):
the same conference that Jackson Smith and Jigba. Did you
know he plays jack Jackson Smith and jigs Old rock
Wall team a little later on in the season, And
so this is you know, this is big boy Texas
high school football. So when you were running around and
making everyone else look like they're standing in quicksand that
means something that it doesn't mean when it's like you know, well,
here we've got this guy and he's from you know,
(05:13):
you pick your small school, like, oh, he's from rural Kansas,
and boy, he looks like the fastest guy. And feel like, yeah, man,
I would probably be about the third fastest guy in
that field. So yeah, this is this is a very
different thing. And this is not a spot where Ohio
State has, you know, is desperate and it's like, well,
we're just gonna throw out an offer him. We're a boy,
We're gonna have to hope. We just get someone we
just need to fill this. But this is you know,
(05:35):
Ohio State is loaded at running back. Ohio State is
loaded at wide receiver. Ohio State has plenty of guys
that can return kicks. So if they you know, if
they're looking at Legend Bay and saying, hey, boy, this
this is a guy who you could bring in and boy,
he could really be a contributor at some point that
you know, that should be in addition to all the
other stuff, that should be another thing that tells you, Okay,
(05:55):
you know, yes, this exact you know, this type of
profile has not worked necessarily always worked in the past
for Ohio State, but you know when it has, boy
it has really worked. And there are some markers here
that yeah, this could very well be on something that
ends up on the positive side of that well.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And I think one of the differences is that if
you are just looking at him to play running back,
that's a much different transition than moving to having play receiver.
And we all remember the old Urban Meyer ways of
recruiting a lot of these guys and then the years
that would take to develop a quarterback to become a receiver.
(06:33):
We're here, you know, you're playing a running quarterback and
now you turn into a running back and it's a
lot simpler thing. Even Curtis Samuel was a running back
in high school, played running back as a true freshman
at Ohio State and then started to progress after that.
But he started they started a game as a true
freshman at running back at Ohio State when you know
Ezekiel Elliott had a bad week of practice or something
(06:55):
and they threw Curtis Samuel in I think maybe against
Illinois or something. So like he was he was part
of that that room and then became more and I
just think the development is a different kind of thing here.
If you're if he is going to stay at running back,
I think that's an easier transition. And then again, athletes
(07:16):
or athletes, they can go and catch the ball in
the flats and do those things and run routes. And
I'm sure he can run routes. I've seen him run
routes at some of the camps. So like that's clearly
you know you'd have to go. So if you if
you wanted to be quarterback, he could go play quarterbacks somewhere.
He understands where his future is and that's something that
not everybody does. So again that's a that's a that's
(07:38):
a check in the in the good box there that
he understands what you know is his physical traits limited
him to but also open him to and he's certainly
got some some unique physical traits that can bode well
in the future. Anything else time before we get out
of here. Nice and nice little pick up here for
the Buckeyes.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Yeah, yeah, very nice pick up. And and you know,
I think he's in a he's in a good spot
where they don't need him to be an immediate impact
guy if he has the ability to. And as you said,
the learning curve is not going to be you know,
really brutal learning curve. O High State have taken some
guys where it's you know, they take them and it's like, yeah,
I mean I see what you see, but you know,
we'll see in two years. And this is not one
(08:19):
of those. This is this is something where you know
he might have he might have a good winner in
spring in the weight room with coach Mick and be
ready to go as a as a true freshman. They
won't need him because they're deep at running back, they're
deep at wide receiver. You've got you've got kick returning guys.
You could you could run out there, but if he's ready,
there are opportunity awaits.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Definitely opportunity does a wait, So there you go. If
you're watching a YouTube ahead that combs up, we'd appreciate that,
of course, a podcast platform choice, a five star writing
interview as always appreciated. Buckeyees pick up their latest commitment
and legend Bay out of Texas Dynamic fourth attend two
and the one hundred meters. Some say four to three
and the forty. So not that the forty is a
(09:00):
thing anymore. You know, let's talk about miles per hour.
That's what everybody's talking about. But the ten two in
one hundred meters certainly legit. So there you go, Thank
you all for tuning in, and we'll talk to you
all later
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