Rivals.com Scout.com 24/7Sports Offensive tackle 0 STARS Nassau C.C. Garden City, NY RR: Ht: 6'8" Wt: 310 lbs Class: 2017 Ohio State has offered.
Is @BadaraTraore72 the next big-time JuCo lineman to make the move to #OhioState? https://t.co/v86C9JvTxA (#AAVIP) #Slobs pic.twitter.com/JiBhOrEevx— Alex Gleitman (@alexgleitman) January 13, 2017
There was a picture that I saw of Malcolm Pridgeon and some teammates. I always wondered who the guy was that was making Malcolm look small-ish....well, this is him
Elite JuCo OT @BadaraTraore72 "very excited" to land offer from #OhioState...find out more of this thoughts: https://t.co/NiJScBPFpH (#VIP) pic.twitter.com/cqBzG6zxCN— Alex Gleitman (@alexgleitman) March 23, 2017
JuCo OL @BadaraTraore72 offered by #LSU https://t.co/bFF89Mobbl @Sheadixon @SonnyShipp247 @AsaAvengers @ASA_Recruiting— Alex Gleitman (@alexgleitman) May 3, 2017
BACK TO THE JUCO WELL Ohio State has added a junior college prospect in two-consecutive classes, so it should come as no surprise that Brooklyn, New York, ASA College four-star offensive tackle Badara Traore would included the Buckeyes in his Top 7 on Monday afternoon alongside Auburn, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Oregon. Though he missed all of last season with a knee injury, the 6-foot-8, 315-pound Traore is considered the second-best offensive tackle and eighth-ranked junior college prospect in the Class of 2018. He was one of the top-rated players in Massachusetts coming out of high school, but was unable to qualify academically and signed with Nassau Community College instead — Ohio State offensive tackle Malcolm Pridgeon played for the Lions, too. Traore transferred to ASA College this offseason. He's never been to Columbus, but will graduate in December and have three years to play two seasons at his college of choice.
Badara Traore| ASA College, Brooklyn (N.Y.) | ★★★★ Though there are dozens of tackles interested in Ohio State, we’re not going to name them all. We will talk about the country’s eighth-ranked JUCO prospect. The Buckeyes went to the junior college well in their 2016 class and signed Malcolm Pridgeon. The 6-foot-8, 315-pound Badara Traore is a player with similar talent and a close friend of Pridgeon. On Monday, he narrowed his list of potential landing places to seven and Ohio State is still on his mind.