Kaleb Wesson

Kaleb Wesson, a big man from Westerville South in the Class of 2017, wrote on his Twitter account Friday that he had verbally committed to Ohio State.

(247Sports)

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State received a verbal commitment Friday from Class of 2017 big man Kaleb Wesson. He's a 6-foot-9 center from Westerville South in the Columbus suburbs.

He is the son of former Buckeye Keith Wesson, who played center for Ohio State in the 1980s.

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Kaleb Wesson is also a highly-regarded football prospect, ranked the No. 3 player in Ohio and No. 9 offensive tackle by 247Sports. But according to prephoopsohio.com, Wesson won't play football next year to focus on basketball.

Wesson helped guide Westerville South to the Division I state championship game last season, where scored 15 points in a loss to Huber Heights Wayne.