Others on scholarship: Zen Michalski, Grant Toutant, Trey Leroux, Tegra Tshabola, Carson Hinzman*, George Fitzpatrick, Avery Henryĭawand Jones is one of the two major NFL dominoes that everyone is waiting on. , LG Matthew Jones, C Luke Wypler, RG Donovan Jackson, RT Dawand Jonesīackups: LT Josh Fryar, LG Enokk Vimahi, C Harry Miller, RG Jakob James, RT Ben Christman
In fact, OSU could be hoping that he does. He’s getting on campus early and should have a real shot at pushing for playing time. Christian, however, might have the chops to do so despite being a true freshman. Same for Scott and Hart, unless one or both makes significant gains this offseason. Rossi, while providing value as more of a blocking fullback type, doesn’t appear to have the build to play as the in-line tight end in 11 personnel all the time. Royer was getting talked up before the Rose Bowl in a way that made it seem like the staff was bullish on him as he enters his third season, but then he didn’t get any snaps in the game. This is one of the more difficult positions to project on the roster right now and the one that feels most likely to experience some shake-up in the form of a transfer addition. Others on scholarship: Sam Hart, Bennett Christian Here’s hoping the captain can stay healthy and get on the field in some kind of meaningful way in 2022. Grayes and Burton are enrolling early, and Grayes has a high level of polish already that could position him to be the early breakout candidate among the group.īabb has had some devastatingly bad injury luck. Ballard could emerge as a deep threat, and any of these incoming freshmen are capable of pushing for playing time. We’ll go with them as the projected starters for now, but Egbuka will have something to say about that and will feature prominently either way. Harrison and Fleming started the Rose Bowl in place of Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave. Grayes and Antwi are the only players in the room who weren’t top-100 prospects coming out of high school. Fortunately for Ohio State, it’s not short on options. How the spots fill out around him is the question.
He could be the face of the position for the entire sport next season. Smith-Njigba is the country’s returning leader in receiving yards and should generate some Heisman Trophy buzz heading into the 2022 season. Others on scholarship: Caleb Burton, Kaleb Brown, Kyion Grayes, Kojo Antwi, Kamryn Babb Starters: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Marvin Harrison Jr., Julian Fleming Crowley’s been snake-bitten by injuries, which could give Pryor valuable reps this spring with a chance to make a push for a more featured role. If Williams doesn’t look for a more featured role elsewhere, OSU’s 1-2 punch at running back could be as good as any team in the country. Henderson, a budding star, had moments of brilliance as a true freshman while rushing for nearly 1,300 yards. Williams somewhat quietly finished in the top 10 in the country in yards per rush (7.1) on 71 carries in a secondary role. Others on scholarship: Marcus Crowley, Evan Pryor, Dallan Hayden Ohio State might have the best returning quarterback in college football. Quarterback (3)īrown has enrolled early to start his battle with McCord to be the heir apparent to Stroud, but there’s little intrigue at the position other than that. Does it need a dozen safeties? Doubtful.īut we’ll let those chips fall as the team gets through winter conditioning and spring ball.įor now, here’s a first stab at projecting the depth chart for 2022 with the total number of scholarship players at each position. Does Ohio State need nearly 40 linemen on either side of the ball? Probably not. It’s not difficult to figure out where that movement might come from. We have them projected over 90 scholarship players right now, and they’ll need to be at 85 before the season. The Buckeyes will no doubt experience some attrition in the coming months. The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft is Jan.
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The nature of player movement in the sport right now is such that things will likely look considerably different for most teams, including Ohio State, by the time the ball gets kicked off in September.īut that’s not stopping us from making some best guesses and projecting what the Buckeyes 2022 depth chart could look like.īelow is a crack at version 1.0, taking into consideration all of the information on hand while we still wait for a couple of key NFL Draft decisions. COLUMBUS, Ohio - Projecting what a college football roster will look like months out from the start of the season isn’t for the faint of heart.
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