With the passing of the Jan. 14 deadline, five Ohio State players have decided to end their college careers early to declare for the 2019 NFL Draft. With redshirt senior wide receivers Terry McLaurin, Parris Campbell and Johnnie Dixon and redshirt senior linebacker Dante Booker ...
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Football: Ohio State returns to its balanced offensive attack
J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber came into Saturday’s game against Nebraska with trust issues. Both running backs stood in the backfield, never knowing what redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins was going to do in the run-pass option Ohio State that ran against a loaded box. ...
Read More »Football: Urban Meyer updates on the status of injured players in Big Ten Teleconference
During the bye week, Ohio State had some players who needed to rest up after suffering injuries in the weeks prior. Now, moving into Saturday’s game against Nebraska, head coach Urban Meyer said in Tuesday’s Big Ten Coaches Teleconference that the majority of the injured ...
Read More »Football: Michael Jordan searching for path Billy Price and Pat Elflein left
Moving a veteran guard to center has been an Ohio State staple over the past three seasons. Pat Elflein did it in 2016, Billy Price followed in 2017 and now, junior Michael Jordan has done the same when he was announced as the team’s starting ...
Read More »Football: Blocking sets Ohio State receivers apart
Blocking is a rite of passage for the Ohio State wide receivers. No matter the skill set of the player in the position group, the expectation from head coach Urban Meyer and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline is for the receivers to be selfless, not ...
Read More »Football: Three takeaways from No. 4 Ohio State’s win over No. 15 TCU
Ohio State had some things to prove in its first game against a ranked opponent. It had to prove whether it could get past a TCU offensive line that did not allow a sack through the first two games, allowing sophomore quarterback Shawn Robinson to ...
Read More »Football: Ohio State values versatility and ability on offensive line
Ohio State junior offensive lineman Michael Jordan played with both Pat Elflein and Billy Price, former Ohio State guards who switched to center in their final year of eligibility. Starting at guard from the moment he stepped foot onto campus, Jordan did not expect that ...
Read More »Football: Day, Schiano share insight on Ohio State position battles
After closing practice to the public during the investigation of Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Day met with the media for the first time as acting head coach. He shared some insight on some key position battles for ...
Read More »Football: Michael Jordan could continue offensive line trend
Ohio State offensive line coach Greg Studrawa took no time in changing the outlook of his new unit when he was hired prior to the start of the 2016 season. After switching the most experienced guard to the center position in each of his first ...
Read More »Football: What we learned about Ohio State from the Spring Game
Ohio State entered spring practice with one focal question: who will take snaps at quarterback in the fall? But it had many other questions to answer, including who will be snapping the ball to the yet-to-be-determined quarterback. Here are five things we learned after the ...
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