Javontae Jean-Baptiste isn’t the first person at Ohio State to put on the “Freshman 15.” But unlike most first-year OSU students, he was actually trying to do it. Jean-Baptiste’s goal was to take in 6,800 calories every day. The average American adult eats less than half of that.
Three more Ohio State football freshmen lost their black stripes just in time for the season opener. Monday night, the OSU program announced that cornerback Sevyn Banks and defensive ends Tyler Friday and Javontae Jean-Baptiste were now all full-fledged members of the team. Banks was a four-star recruit out of Florida who enrolled back in January and who went through spring practice with the Buckeyes…
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…
Ohio State sent three defensive ends off to the NFL last month, and they’ll be sending at least one more there next year in Nick Bosa. As such, the Buckeyes hit the position hard in the 2018 recruiting cycle. Ohio State signed four defensive ends — Tyreke Smith, Tyler Friday, Javontae Jean-Baptiste, and Alex Williams — this past winter.
There are three weekends remaining until the final signing day of the 2018 recruiting cycle, and Ohio State is going to spend this coming weekend busy hosting some very talented players. Chief among them is 4-star Maryland tackle Rasheed Walker. Walker (6-6 300) is down to Ohio State and Penn State, and the Buckeyes are…
The Ohio State football program is still in search of at least one more 2018 defensive end, so on Tuesday they offered 4-star New Jersey (Bergen Catholic) prospect Javontae Jean-Baptiste. Jean-Baptiste (6-5 204) announced on Twitter that he received the offer, and per 247Sports he will be taking an official visit to Ohio State the…
