Spring practice might not be the most high-profile time of year for college football teams, but for many players it can define their career. Here are 6 Buckeyes coming into a make-or-break spring on offense.
Bowen redshirted as a true freshman during the 2015 season, but played as a reserve and on special teams in 2016. As a redshirt sophomore in 2017, he won the starting right guard job and started the first six games before breaking his leg. Bowen missed the rest of the season and also missed the 2018 season due to complications and another surgery.
Two more Buckeyes lost black stripes following Monday’s Ohio State football practice. The removal of the black stripe from their helmet signifies that they are now full-fledged Buckeyes. The first honoree was redshirt freshman offensive tackle Max Wray, who spent much of last season injured and did not see action in any games.
Max Wray came to Ohio State from Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee. He was ranked the No. 9 offensive tackle in the 2018 recruiting class and the No. 121 player overall. Wray was ranked the No. 3 player in the state. He signed with the Buckeyes over offers from Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, Clemson, Ole Miss, LSU…
After having to replace a two-year starter at left tackle in Jamarco Jones prior to last season, the Buckeyes are now in the situation of having to replace a three-year starter in right tackle Isaiah Prince. As a sophomore, Thayer Munford stepped in for Jones admirably and played well last year. The hope is that somebody will…
First, the good news: The Buckeyes will return four players with at least some starting experience. Thayer Munford was solid as the starting left tackle all year. If he returns healthy from an injury that kept him out of the Rose Bowl, he should be a good building block for the line.
As everyone knows, Ohio State does not redshirt players. (Except for when they do, of course.) Despite that steadfast rule, players still end up redshirting somehow, and they will also redshirt this year as well. No year is the same when it comes to how many freshmen redshirt. The intention is always to get as much out…
Urban Meyer and his offensive coordinators have said on a number of occasions that the positives of a competitive quarterback battle is that everybody comes through it having improved significantly. With no returning starter at the position for the Buckeyes, improvement would be ideal. So where did those improvements occur…
Ohio State offensive line coach Greg Studrawa doesn’t know yet exactly what his starting offensive line is going to be this year. The good news for him is that he may have more legitimate options than any OSU offensive line coach in decades. The Buckeyes went about replacing All-Big Ten left tackle Jamarco Jones and…
Wray (6-5 290) is the younger brother of current Ohio State freshman offensive tackle Max Wray. The younger Wray is ranked the No. 14 offensive tackle in the nation and the No. 91 player overall per 247Sports. He committed to Ohio State over offers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida State, Florida, LSU, Miami, Michigan…
Now that we know the Ohio State spring game is officially going to happen on Saturday, it’s time to talk about what we’re looking forward to seeing. We talked about it for a good hour on Accost the Field this week, but since not everybody is the listenin’ type, I thought I’d break a few of the areas down that I’ll be watching.
