Ohio State freshman quarterback Matthew Baldwin only started for one season at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. Lake Travis is a football powerhouse that has put numerous quarterbacks into college football, including 2017 Heisman winner Baker Mayfield. There is a standard to be upheld there, and…
Urban Meyer knew a day would come when the Ohio State football program would no longer have J.T. Barrett at quarterback. They prepared for that inevitability through recruiting, and right now the Buckeyes have Joe Burrow, Dwayne Haskins, and Tate Martell all vying to be the guy. As the quarterback of Urban Meyer’s offense…
We wrap up our spring To-Do lists with a look at the wide receivers for the Ohio State football program. The Buckeyes return every receiver who was on the team over the second half of last season. That’s 211 receptions, 2,982 yards, and 31 touchdowns coming back, which is a ridiculous amount of production and experience.
In this episode of Accost the Field, the fellas stick to football and talk about all of the latest happenings around the Woody Hayes facility. Interviews with the Ohio State receivers and defensive linemen are the order of the day. Some of the topics include the excitement around the football program for the defensive ends…
Ohio State has taken pride in the depth of its ‘Zone 6’ wide receiver unit and the significant number of Buckeyes that have been able to rotate there over the last few years. One player who earned surprising playing time last year was walk-on junior H-back C.J. Saunders. Saunders, who began his Ohio State career as a…
With available room dwindling in Ohio State’s 2017 recruiting class, there was always a spot being held for Cleveland Heights wide receiver Jaylen Harris. No matter who else was coming aboard, Urban Meyer was going to wait as long as he had to for Harris to join OSU’s class. With about three weeks left until signing day…
The Buckeyes have held two spring practices and will now take the next 10 days off for spring break. They will get back at it on Monday, March 19, and stay at it until the Spring Game on April 14. To this point, the media has been allowed to watch the first hour of the first practice, and we have spoke with Urban Meyer, defensive…
COLUMBUS — Ohio State held its second football practice of spring camp Thursday morning. Afterward, several members of the defensive line and receiving corps spoke with reporters, as did position coaches Larry Johnson and Zach Smith. There were plenty of topics discussed, including Nick Bosa’s expectations for 2018, Jashon Cornell’s move to defensive end, what it will take for younger receivers to see the field, and plenty, plenty more.
Ohio State fans will see the names McLaurin, Dixon, and Campbell out on the field in the Scarlet and Gray once again next season. Each of the three Buckeye wideouts had to decide whether to stay in school or head to the NFL with eligibility remaining, and they all ultimately decided to come back and play one more year…
In this very special Friday episode, we continue our positional previews with a good, long look at the Ohio State receivers. We preview the Xs, the Zs, and the many, many Hs. We also discuss what the return of Parris Campbell, Johnnie Dixon, Terry McLaurin, and K.J. Hill means. We also wonder if there are simply too many receivers…
