The recruiting carousel for the 2027 cycle picked up a notable name this week, and the surname will look familiar to college football fans across the Big Ten. RJ Day, the three-star quarterback out of St. Francis DeSales in Columbus, Ohio, has pledged his future to Northwestern . The 6-foot, 207-pound signal caller picked the Wildcats over Purdue and South Florida, two programs that had stayed actively involved deep into his recruitment. He happens to be the son of Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, but make no mistake, this commitment is a story about a quarterback choosing his own lane. Why RJ Day picked Northwestern over Purdue and USF Northwestern only extended its offer last week, but the move was hardly random. Wildcats offensive coordinator Chip Kelly is a longtime mentor of Ryan Day, and that relationship clearly opened the door for Evanston to surge late. It also helped that Ohio State, predictably loaded at quarterback, never offered.…