RJ Day, son of Ohio State coach Ryan Day, picks Northwestern
Class of 2027 quarterback RJ Daythe son of Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, introduced his dedication to Northwestern on Sunday.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound passer from Columbus, Ohio, is a three-year starter at Ohio’s St. Francis DeSales High School, the place he owns a number of faculty passing data. He introduced his pledge to the Wildcats on social media over provides from Purdue, Syracuse, Cincinnati and South Floridaamongst others.
RJ Day, who will not be at the moment ranked by ESPNlands because the fifth member of coach David Braun’s recruiting class for 2027. The program at the moment has eight quarterbacks on its roster, together with Michigan State switch Aidan Chiles and Class of 2026 signee Johnny O’Brien.
Notably, Day is now dedicated to play below first-year Wildcats offensive coordinator Chip Kelly. The former Oregon and UCLA head coach was the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire when Ryan Day emerged as a record-setting, three-year beginning quarterback and group captain with this system from 1998 to 2001.
Ryan Day later employed Kelly because the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator for this system’s nationwide title-winning season in 2024. Kelly, who spent the 2025 season calling performs for the Las Vegas Raiders, joined Northwestern’s teaching employees final December.
RJ Day’s dedication concludes a recruiting course of that included a flurry of provides this spring and visits to Clemson, Iowa State, KentuckyNorthwestern, UCLA and Virginia Tech. Northwestern, with Kelly on employees, and South Florida, now led by former Ohio State vast receivers coach and offensive coordinator Brian Hartline, marked a pair of notable current provides.
“It’s really surreal when you think about the relationships that we’ve had with those two as a family over the years,” RJ Day advised ESPN earlier this month. “Coach Kelly coached my dad in college, so that adds another layer to it.”
Day is the all-time profession chief in passing yards (5,714) and touchdowns (54) at DeSales, the place he’ll enter his fourth season as the varsity’s beginning quarterback later this 12 months. He set single-season program data in each classes (2,710 yards and 25 touchdowns) as a junior final fall.
