The Big Get Bigger

THE WINNER of Ohio State's spring football game: the school's offensive line. After attending the intrasquad clash, juniors Michael Brewster of Edgewater High (Orlando) and J.B. Shugarts of Klein (Texas), both among Rivals' top 100 recruits, verbally committed to Ohio State. With 6'7", 305-pound Mike Adams of Coffman (Dublin, Ohio) having committed in March, the school now has three top O-line prospects.

It fills a need: The Buckeyes signed only one offensive lineman on signing day in February. At 6'6", 295, Shugarts should play tackle in college, as should the 6'5", 298-pound Brewster (left). Says Edgewater coach Bill Gierke of Brewster, "He's got good lateral movement and has those long arms everyone wants." And that Ohio State got.