Ryan Day is taking the charge to bring an Ohio State player out of the transfer portal – and Notre Dame is the school standing in the way

Ohio State wants to bring one of its own back out of the transfer portal.

Brandon Little Ohio State Buckeyes & Cleveland Browns News Writer
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The Ohio State Buckeyes have heated up on the transfer portal over the last couple of days with some new additions. 

Ohio State has added former Florida State S Earl Little Jr. and Duke S Terry Moore over the last couple of days. It’s been an interesting portal so far, with nearly 30 Buckeyes players entering the portal. 

Ohio State is working to get one of its portal entries back on the team. 

Ohio State and Notre Dame are battling for WR Mylan Graham 

According to Rivals’ Steve Wiltfong, Ohio State is pushing to get back its former five-star recruit, Mylan Graham, from the transfer portal. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is said to be leading the charge to get Graham back on the Buckeyes’ roster. 

New Ohio State wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton is getting to know Graham, and that will be a part of this. Graham spent his first two seasons at Ohio State playing under Brian Hartline, and he’s a big reason why Graham ended up in Columbus. It was noted by On3’s Pete Nakos that Graham is still working out inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

Graham had six catches for 93 yards in 2025 in nine games played. The 2024 recruit appeared in four games as a true freshman but did not record a statistic. 

Notre Dame just landed former Ohio State WR Quincy Porter, and it’s still pushing to land Graham. Both players are former five-star talents who have been buried on the depth chart in Columbus. Ohio State returns Jeremiah Smith and Brandon Inniss, and incoming freshman Chris Henry Jr. will be a big part of the plans.

The Buckeyes have signed former UTSA WR Devin McQuinn, and he’s a part of the plans. Bringing back Graham would be another good development for Ohio State’s depth, and it looks like that very well could happen.