It took six weeks, however No. 3 Ohio State lastly left Columbus, Ohio and is about to play a sport someplace apart from Ohio Stadium. After 5 weeks, the Buckeyes are on the highway this weekend in East Lansing to tackle Michigan State.
As is the case with each first highway sport, there was intrigue about which gamers would make the journey to tackle the Spartans. That query was answered when the Scarlet and Grey launched the crew’s 74-man journey roster previous to the competition.
Ohio State’s journey roster for the primary away sport of the season. pic.twitter.com/2uwwQPtsaz
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A complete of 17 true freshmen, 15 on scholarship and two walk-ons, made the journey to East Lansing for Ohio State and will make their first highway look of their younger careers. This record consists of working backs Dallan Hayden and TC Caffey, linebacker C.J. Hicks, broad receivers Kaleb Brown and Kojo Antwi, quarterback Devin Brown, cornerbacks Jyaire Brown and Ryan Turner, safeties Sonny Styles and Kye Stokes, kicker Jayden Fielding, offensive linemen Tegra Tshabola and Carson Hinzman, tight finish Bennett Christian, defensive ends Caden Curry and Kenyatta Jackson, defensive sort out Hero Kanu.
All the freshmen who made the journey apart from Hinzman have already featured on offense or protection this 12 months for Ohio State. Most of those snaps have come late when the Buckeyes have already got the sport in hand, however gamers corresponding to Hayden, Jyaire Brown, Kinds, Stokes and Fielding have all performed necessary snaps for the Scarlet and Grey within the opening 5 video games of the season.
Kicker Parker Lewis, who transferred from USC this offseason and was simply dominated eligible by the NCAA earlier than the final sport towards Rutgers, didn’t make the journey.
Provided that Ohio State has already performed 5 video games this 12 months, there aren’t any actual surprises on the journey roster. The Buckeye journey roster doesn’t embrace the 11 gamers that have been listed as unavailable on the Scarlet and Grey’s availability report for the Spartan sport, which was launched on Saturday morning. This implies broad receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and working again Miyan Williams didn’t make the journey to East Lansing.
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Ohio State and Michigan State are scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. ET with the sport being broadcast on ABC.
