Data study · every season we hold

Where Ohio High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 1,404 players from Ohio high schools on a college roster in our data, 57% played their college basketball in Ohio.

Computed from 1,404 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 16, 2026

1,404
players in the dataset
57%
stayed in Ohio
28%
reached D1
Pennsylvania
#1 destination outside Ohio

57% stay in-state.

Ohio is above the 42% all-state baseline.

Ohio skews away from D1.

28% of Ohio players in the dataset reached D1, against 36% nationally.

Pennsylvania and Indiana are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Ohio, 17% went to Pennsylvania and 9% to Indiana.

Ohio's college players skew away from D1

Ohio vs all states · share of players at each level

Ohio

D128%
D226%
D346%

n = 1,404

All states

D136%
D223%
D342%

n = 31,911

OHAll statesDifference
D128%36%−8 pts
D226%23%+3 pts
D346%42%+4 pts

Where Ohio players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Ohio79557%
Pennsylvania1027%
Indiana564%
West Virginia544%
Kentucky373%
Michigan373%
New York373%
South Carolina272%

Which programs take Ohio players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
John CarrollD3Ohio40
Mount UnionD3Ohio40
HeidelbergD3Ohio38
Wilmington (OH)D3Ohio36
CapitalD3Ohio35
OtterbeinD3Ohio35
AshlandD2Ohio34
Baldwin WallaceD3Ohio34
WalshD2Ohio33
Lake ErieD2Ohio32

What this means for a Ohio recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

57% of Ohio players in the dataset stayed in-state — the programs most likely to see you play repeatedly are the ones nearby.

Your realistic level matters more than geography alone.

Ohio's historical landings skew away from D1 (28% vs 36% nationally).

Past recruiting is a signal, not a guarantee.

A program that repeatedly rosters players from your state has demonstrated a pathway; it does not mean it will recruit you.

Those are the historical patterns for Ohio. Where does your profile fit?

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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

1,404 players · 1,060 programs · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Definitions and scope
Source
Official rosters published by the athletics sites of 1,060 NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men's programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Home state
The state of the high school on the player's record — the same definition the state tool uses, so the two read the same data the same way.
Level
Each player counts once, at the highest level they reached across the seasons we hold (D1 over D2 over D3).
Sample
1,404 players from Ohio high schools, across every season we hold; roster coverage runs 2020–21 to 2026–27. A state with fewer than 200 players in our data is not published, because it would describe a coincidence rather than a pattern.
Computed
Sep 16, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1

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