​Ohio State football has lost out on the No. 2 running back in the 2027 class.David Gabriel Georges, a five-star running back prospect, announced his committment to Tennessee on July 22, making his final decision between the Volunteers, Ohio State and Ole Miss.Multiple recruiting news outlets made predictions at the beginning of the week that Gabriel Georges would pick Tennessee over Ohio State in a recent momentum shift.Gabriel Georges is the No. 10 overall prospect and second-best running back in the class of 2027, according to 247Sports (Keamon Spell, the top running back, is committed to Georgia). He grew up in Canada before moving two years ago to attend a boarding school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a little over 100 miles from the Tennessee campus in Knoxville.Ohio State does not have a running back committed to the 2027 class. The Buckeyes’ highest-rated running back in the 2026 class is freshman Legend Bey, who flipped from the Volunteers after initially flipping from Ohio State to Tennessee in the early signing period. Tennessee released Bey from his scholarship agreement in December 2025, allowing Bey to sign with Ohio State. Bey, a high school dual-threat quarterback, was initially recruited as a four-star athlete (ATH) before joining the running back core.The Buckeyes also got a pledge from four-star running back Elijah Newman-Hall in the 2028 class. Newman-Hall verbally committed in June 2025 after his freshman season at Blake High School in Tampa, Florida.See Ohio State football fan reactions to Gabriel Georges’ committment to the Volunteers.We really just lost out on a recruit because we wouldn’t guarantee him a jersey number.You can’t make this stuff up🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/K6BvuGU5uq— BuckeyesFansOnly (@BuckeyesOnly) July 22, 2026C/o 2027 Five-star+ RB David Gabriel Georges has committed to Tennessee. Wishing the young man the best of luck pic.twitter.com/2HHCta5id5— 𝔻𝕖𝕩 🌰🦅 (@DayTimeSZN) July 22, 2026Money over developmentUnfortunate time— Woody (@woodyVSworld) July 22, 2026Fifteen photos of yourself in a commitment graphic is a little excessive, no?(Coming from a spurned Ohio State fan.) https://t.co/XKYOlhahD0— Brendan Howe (@bybrendanhowe) July 22, 2026I’m praying Tennessee and Ohio State meet in the playoffs again cause this offseason beef has been one of the most entertaining things on this app 😂— 🦆 B1G Duck Energy 🦆 (@B1GDuckEnergyy) July 22, 2026Bad miss, but Ohio State will always be Ohio State. Go Bucks🌰 https://t.co/rQXZEny0Jy— BuckeyeRecruiting (@BuckeyeRecrui) July 22, 2026damn dgg 😔— ♕ (@endoswrld) July 22, 2026Ohio State football 2027 recruiting class hard commits*Four-star and five-star recruits, per 247Sports’ composite rankingsDJ Jacobs, EDGE, Blessed Trinity Catholic (Roswell, Georgia) – five-star, No. 1 nationallyJamier Brown, WR, Big Walnut (Sunbury, Ohio) – five-star, No. 32 nationallyKellen Wymer, OT, Liberty Center (Liberty Center, Ohio) – four-star, No