Urban Meyer responded Tuesday to recent comments made by Kentucky signee Landon Young — a four-star offensive lineman hailing from Lexington — which Young said Meyer and Ohio State 'just treated me like crap.'

"I did read it, and we have a lot of respect for him as a player. A lot," Meyer said. "I was very disappointed in our staff that we didn't offer him earlier. Then, about the treating him bad, we don't do that on purpose, but if that's his feelings ... and I went back and talked to our staff about that because we don't want that to be out there."

Young is rated as the No. 79-ranked player in the 2016 class and is the nation's sixth-ranked offensive tackle prospect. He was offered by the Buckeyes in June, but ultimately signed with his hometown school, Kentucky.

"We have one out of 650 that say someone is treated bad, but I know we did not offer him early, but we did want to offer him," Meyer said. "Afterwards he really grew into a great player and I think we missed on him. I was very upset in our coaching staff and the recruiter in that area and then the position coach.

"That's the way we do our business here. So yeah, we do address that. I don't want that out there. We went back (and looked)."