Brian Kelly & Kalen DeBoer on High Alert as 265lbs Target Drops Major Announcement on Ryan Day’s OSU

Well, folks, hold onto your helmets because the college football recruiting world just experienced a seismic jolt, shaking the foundations of Ohio State’s championship castle. Every year, the recruiting circus of college football brings its quota of drama, but lately, the spotlight has been particularly intense on Columbus. Ohio State under Ryan Day has simply flourished, with four playoff victories within a month, a national championship, and a school-record-tying 14-win season that solidified Day as one of the sport’s top coaches.

If the spring transfer portal were a reality show, Ryan Day’s Ohio State would be the level-headed, bright contestant who won’t get caught up in the drama. OSU is coasting with a roster that didn’t budge. No historic departures, no eleventh-hour surprises—just a stable ship sailing through the tempest. Now, step into the 265-pound giant that is Caden Moss. This guy is not only a recruit, he’s a 6-foot-5 and 265 265-pound walking fortress.

On April 23, On3’s VP, Steve Wiltfong, retweeted Moss’s tweet. The tweet read, “Blessed to receive an offer from Ohio State University.” Moss is the top offensive tackle in the 2027 class. Moss has already amassed six Division I offers, including from SEC powerhouses like Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State, all this at the age of 15. Because college coaches prefer their linemen the way we prefer our WiFi: huge, speedy, and unmovable.

Jackson (Miss.) Academy touted 2027 OL Caden Moss adds an offer from Ohio State: https://t.co/EpjJ5xRFDM https://t.co/iyQXiiA4ms

— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong_) April 23, 2025

Ryan Day’s OSU is not a program—it’s a quarterback factory with an extra side of “we win titles for fun.” Day’s got a .875 winning percentage (essentially Knute Rockne’s cooler, Gatorade-soaked heir), and his O-line recruits? They don’t get drafted—no, they get wallpapered in the first round. So, Caden. If you should block quarterbacks who will be NFL-bound before they can legally rent a car. Columbus is your place.

While Caden Moss is eating his words and smiling about the flooding offers from higher-tier schools wanting to bring him in for the 2027 class. Coaches are losing sleep over some of this stuff. Imagine Brian Kelly and Kalen DeBoer today: one’s probably stress-eating gumbo at Baton Rouge, the other staring at his playbook like it dissed his heritage. Why, because Caden Moss—all 6’5″, 265 pounds of “good luck trying to sack my QB”—just received an Ohio State offer.

When Ohio State Drops the Moss Bomb

Imagine Brian Kelly gobbling on a gumbo in his office when he was informed about Cadon Moss receiving an Ohio State offer, the gumbo tastes like panic now. In Tuscaloosa, Kalen DeBoer is scrolling through Moss’s highlights, cursing under his breath, “That’s a high school sophomore?!” as his defensive coordinator begins penning a letter of resignation. Ryan Day, meanwhile, is casually adding Moss to his 2027 wishlist like it’s a Netflix queue, because when you’re coming off a national title and your O-line recruits are NFL prototypes, why not collect human skyscrapers?

Moss’s list of offers sounds like an SEC speed-dating lineup—Ole Miss, Tennessee, Mississippi State—but OSU’s the one making waves. Kelly’s now having to explain to LSU boosters why a Mississippi kid would choose a Big Ten behemoth over Cajun flair. DeBoer, still riding high from filling in for Nick Saban (no pressure), is sweating more than a midday July practice in Alabama.

With Caden Moss just receiving an offer from Ohio State, Brian Kelly’s gumbo now tastes like existential horror, and the LSU boosters are yelling, “Offer him a crawfish empire! ” Kalen DeBoer’s meanwhile Googling sitting in Alabama “How to out-charm a teenager who bench-presses my playbook.” And come on: If Moss signs with OSU, it’s over, Day has the cheat code—titles, NFL pipelines, and a roster that’s essentially Avengers: Columbus Edition. Game. Set. Moss.

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