There seems to be little chance West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West tight end Alex Smith ends up at Ohio State.

Smith committed to Cincinnati during the winter.  He since has opened his recruitment back up to some extent, though Smith remains committed to the Bearcats.

Smith has approximately two dozen scholarship offers on the table, but does not have one from the Buckeyes.

“I’ve kind of narrowed it down more than it use to be,” Smith said.  “I have two that I like a lot, North Carolina and Wisconsin.  I went to Wisconsin about three weeks ago.  I loved it there.  And I like North Carolina a lot.  I like their tight ends coach.”

There are other schools still very much in the picture as well.

“I got to check out Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina State and Michigan State,” Smith said.  “And I’d like to make a trip down to LSU and Miami.  Oregon wants me to make it up there.  We’ll see how it goes.”

When asked to name his top choices Smith said, “Cincinnati, then Wisconsin, then North Carolina, and Kentucky is in there too.”

Smith has scheduled an official visit to Wisconsin for the weekend of Sept. 5.  He says he will likely schedule at least one or two other official visits as well.

Smith, who attended Ohio State's Advanced Camp in June and spoke with the OSU staff at that time, said he has not had any contact recently with the Buckeyes.

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