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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Ohio State
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  Paris Johnson Jr. came to Ohio State football with immense promise, and in his third season, finally put everything on the field. The Cincinnati native's lone season at left tackle resulted in consensus All-America honors and a tough act to follow for the programs' returning offensive linemen. Johnson now heads off to the NFL, announcing Tuesday on Twitter that he will enter April's draft. He is widely expected to be a first-round selection, perhaps among the top 15 picks.

"It has always been a dream of mine since I committed to The Ohio State University to leave with both my degree and a Buckeye tree," Johnson wrote of the ceremonial trees planted for All-Americans. "I am grateful for the opportunity to accomplish both in three years. "After having several conversations with my coaches and family, I want to accomplish the first dream of mine since I was five years old, which is to declare for the 2023 NFL Draft." The 6-foot-6, 310-pound Johnson came in as OSU's most touted offensive line recruit since Orlando Pace in 2020. He was the No. 9 overall prospect in the 2020 class and the No. 1 offensive tackle. When Urban Meyer stepped away at the end of the 2018 season, Johnson reopened his recruitment, and Ryan Day had to close the commitment again. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

rJr/2023 OT *Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
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  Ohio State tight end Cade Stover will return to the Buckeyes for the 2023 season. The fourth-year player from Mansfield caught 36 passes this season, the most by an Ohio State tight end since Rickey Dudley in 1995. He injured his back in the first quarter after his only reception of the College Football Playoff semifinal against Georgia. The injury required a trip to the hospital, though Stover traveled home with the team the next day. A former Ohio Mr. Football at Lexington High School, Stover bounced between offense and defense for the Buckeyes until this year. He played linebacker in last year's Rose Bowl win over Utah when the Buckeyes were short-handed at that position. - Columbus Dispatch

rSr/2024 TE Cade Stover, Ohio State
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  Oregon State quarterback Tristan Gebbia has had a change of mind regarding his football future, as the sixth-year senior put his name in the transfer portal Tuesday. Gebbia was thought to have finished his career when he played two series in OSU's Las Vegas Bowl win over Florida on Dec. 17. Gebbia told The Oregonian/OregonLive in November that he planned to pursue a football coaching career. Gebbia heads to the transfer portal as a grad transfer.

Gebbia is eligible for a seventh year if he obtains a medical redshirt. It's not known if Gebbia already has a medical redshirt or if he's currently in the process. Gebbia has a case for a medical redshirt as he missed the entire 2021 season due to a hamstring injury. Gebbia started his college career in 2017 at Nebraska, then transferred to OSU in 2018. Gebbia made his Beavers starting debut in 2019 against Oregon, throwing for 243 yards in a 24-10 loss. - The Oregonian

rSr/2024 QB Tristan Gebbia, Ohio State
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  When healthy, Miyan Williams formed half of an effective Ohio State football running back duo in 2022. Williams didn't explicitly announce he will be back with the Buckeyes for a fourth season in 2023. But posts on Twitter and Instagram both said "Unfinished business," hinting that the Cincinnati native will remain at OSU rather than pursue early entry into the NFL Draft. Williams then confirmed to the Columbus Dispatch that those posts did mean he will be back in Columbus this fall.

Williams' Instagram post also included the hashtag #ForGranny. That is presumably a reference to Tryphena Williams, his grandmother who died in early September. Williams attended her funeral on the Thursday prior to the Big Ten opener against Wisconsin, then rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. He posted an even bigger performance a week later, totaling 189 yards and five touchdowns on 21 carries in a rout of Rutgers. Williams also topped 100 yards in victories over Northwestern and Indiana. Yet he battled through a season-long series of injuries to his hand, ankle and knee. He also came down with a stomach bug prior to the Peach Bowl playoff semifinal against Georgia, which limited his playing time. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

rJr/2024 RB Miyan Williams, Ohio State
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  In the aftermath of the loss in the Peach Bowl, Tommy Eichenberg said he remained undecided about his future. His stock took a significant leap after breaking out in Jim Knowles' defense, showing great instincts to swarm ballcarriers. His 120 tackles were the most by an Ohio State player since 2014. But Eichenberg was only a junior in eligibility this past fall, allowing him to return as a redshirt senior if his draft grade isn't to his liking. A return would be a major lift to the defense. - Columbus Dispatch

rSr/2024 ILB Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
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  Sitting at his locker, one of the first inside the entrance to Ohio State football's locker room at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Marvin Harrison Jr. showed no signs of trauma or distress. About 90 minutes earlier, the All-America receiver lay crumpled underneath a goal post. He elevated to catch a pass in the back of the end zone, and Georgia defensive back Javon Bullard laid a hit on him. Harrison said he never lost consciousness. However, after evaluation, OSU's medical staff placed him in concussion protocol and took his helmet away. While he said he wanted to return to the game, he understood why he could not finish the Buckeyes' 42-41 loss.

"I did my best, you know - I want to be out there with my team," Harrison said. "I respect the trainer's decision. At the end of the day they're just looking out for my health. But yeah, I definitely tried to fight." Harrison said he had experienced concussions prior to his Ohio State career. He said Saturday's experience "kind of was a similar situation." Yet he also said he felt good enough to return to the game. According to Ohio State athletics' policy on concussions and head trauma, athletes are to be removed from practice or competition when they experience concussion-like symptoms. They cannot return to participation that day if the concussion is confirmed. If concussion is confirmed, athletes undergo evaluation by the athletic trainer or team physician, including "symptom assessment, SCAT5 evaluation, and clinical evaluation for cervical spine trauma, fractures and/or intracranial bleeding." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Jr/2024 WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
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  Ohio State linebacker Steele Chambers said Wednesday he will return for a fifth season rather than enter next spring's NFL draft. "I'm coming back," Chambers said. "I'll be chilling here." A redshirt junior who began his career playing running back before switching to the defensive side of the ball last season, said he wants to have more experience at linebacker. His return would give him a third season under his belt at the position, continuing his development. His 69 tackles are the second-most among the Buckeyes, trailing only Tommy Eichenberg, who makes up the other half of their starting linebacker tandem and finished with 112 tackles during the regular season. - Columbus Dispatch

rSr/2024 OLB Steele Chambers, Ohio State
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  Ohio State football coach Ryan Day said Jaxon Smith-Njigba's decision to shut down for the season helped bring the star receiver "peace" after a once-promising season ruined by injury. Ohio State announced last Monday that Smith-Njigba would not play in the Peach Bowl against Georgia and would begin rehabbing in preparation of April's NFL Draft. The preseason All-American suffered a hamstring injury on opening night against Notre Dame that limited him to only two more games. During the season, Smith-Njigba was the subject of weekly speculation as to whether he could return.

After his decision to forgo his remaining eligibility, speculation about the true extent of the injury also surfaced. Day said all of that noise took its toll on the receiver. "In a day and age where you're not going to go out there and give a lot of detail about what the injury is, and so many people questioning and asking for him - that wasn't easy for him, either," Day said. "We knew he wasn't going to be able to play this next month. It was ruled out by the doctors. They made the decision. Just felt like it was time to put it to bed so he could get a little peace, because it was hard for him this season." For much of the season, Day spoke with optimism about Smith-Njigba's potential return to play down the stretch. That optimism continued even when the receiver experienced setbacks after returning to play against Toledo on Sept. 17 and Notre Dame on Oct. 22. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Jr/2023 WR *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
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  2022 WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: LB Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State,...Eichenberg, a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, has led the team in tackles all season and currently ranks third in the Big Ten with 112 total stops. His 72 solo tackles are first and his 12.0 TFLs rank sixth. Eichenberg is a fourth-year player from Cleveland. He was named first-team on both the coaches and media ballots. - Ohio State Football

rSr/2024 ILB Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
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  2022 WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: QB C.J. Stroud, Ohio State,...Stroud finished the regular season as the nation's leader in efficiency rating (176.25) and co-leader in touchdown passes (37). He completed 235-of-355 passes for 3,340 yards and threw three-or-more TDs in six games. In the Big Ten, he had 15 more touchdown passes than the next closest player and his efficiency rating was 23 points better than anyone else. - Ohio State Football

rSo/2023 QB *C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
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  2022 SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: RB Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss,...Judkins set the Ole Miss single-season record in both rushing yards (1,476) and rushing touchdowns (16). Besides rushing yards and TDs, Judkins also leads the SEC and ranks top 10 nationally in total touchdowns (17) and rushing yards per game (123.0). Judkins is having one of the greatest seasons ever by an SEC freshman running back. He currently ranks third all-time amongst conference freshmen in rushing yards, behind only Herschel Walker (1,616 yds, Georgia, 1980) and Nick Chubb (1,547, Georgia, 2014).

The five-time SEC Freshman of the Week leads all freshmen nationally in rushing yards, rushing yards per game, rushing TDs, all-purpose yards, scoring and total TDs. The record-breaking back is only the second Rebel to register mutli 200-yard rushing performances in the same season, joining Kayo Dottley, who tallied three such games in 1949. His 214 rushing yards vs. Arkansas were the 10th-most all-time by a Rebel. Judkins anchors an Ole Miss rushing attack that that leads the SEC and ranks No. 3 nationally in rushing yards per game (261.6 ypg). With a bowl game still yet to be played, Ole Miss has already broken its single-season school record in rushing yards (3,139), previously set in 1957. - Mississippi Football

Jr/2026 RB Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State
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  2022 WALTER CAMP FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: WR Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State,...An artist in the way he runs routes, breaks free and makes spectacular receptions...Tied for third nationally with 11 TD receptions...60 receptions for 969 yards (7th nationally) and 96.9 yards per game (10th nationally)...10 receptions - all for first downs - and 185 yards against outstanding Penn State secondary...81 percent of receptions - 49 of 60 - have resulted in a first down. - Ohio State Football

Jr/2024 WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
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  2022 WALTER CAMP FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Paris Johnson, Jr., Ohio State,...Midseason All-American on multiple organization's lists...Rotary Lombardi Award semifinalist...Anchor of OL line that is sixth nationally in fewest TFLs allowed (37; only 7 sacks allowed)...Ohio State leads nation with 63 TDs scored and third in red zone offense (47 of 49)...Ohio State averaging 501.9 yards of total offense (294.0 passing; 207.9 rushing)...His Paris Johnson Jr. Foundation was named Armed Forces Merit Award winner...Has started 23 consecutive games dating back to the start of the 2021 season. - Ohio State Football

rJr/2023 OT *Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
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  2022 BILETNIKOFF AWARD FINALIST (OUTSTANDING RECEIVER): Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State,... Harrison is vying to become Ohio State's first Biletnikoff Award winner since 1995...He is tied for 3rd nationally with 12 touchdown receptions and 8th with 1,157 receiving yards...He is 9th with 96.4 yards per game and 17th with 72 receptions...He is tied for 21s with 6.0 receptions per game and has a teammate, Emeka Egbuka, who ranks in the national Top 20 in both TD receptions and yards, making Ohio State one of three teams (Washington and Arizona State) with two Top-20 caliber receivers. - Ohio State Football

Jr/2024 WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
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  2022 DAVEY O'BRIEN AWARD FINALIST (OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK): C.J. Stroud, Ohio State,...Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. were each announced as finalists today for major national awards. Stroud is one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award, given to college football's best player, and he is a finalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award. Harrison Jr. is a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. - Ohio State Football

rSo/2023 QB *C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
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