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Speaking to about 100 members of the Columbus business community on Thursday morning, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day put a Name, Image and Likeness price tag on what he believes it will take to keep the Ohio State football roster together. That rate? $13 million. To some schools engaged in NIL payments at the highest level right now, that number might sound small and quaint.

To many other schools in the Big Ten, it may sound gigantic and impossible. As usual, it's a number that puts Ohio State in the thick of the latest changes to college sports, as the Buckeyes always say they seek to straddle the line of keeping up without going too far. And while it might be tempting to look at $13 million for an 85-man scholarship football team as $150,000 per player, I think the better calculation is something closer to $500,000 each for the 26 guys you can't live without. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

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QB *C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
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06/02/22 - *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jr/2023, Ohio State, 6-1, 196 (DS#1 WR) + More +

Jaxon Smith-Njigba could be highest-drafted OSU WR since Terry Glenn. He finished with 95 catches for 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns in 2001. The receiving yards are the most in a season for a Buckeye, breaking David Boston's record. Smith-Njigba had already broken Boston's then single-game reception record of 15 earlier in the 2021 season against Nebraska. He matched that mark in the Rose Bowl.

If Smith-Njigba is selected in the top five of the 2023 NFL draft, he would be the first Buckeye to be selected in the top five. The highest-drafted receiver in Ohio State history was Terry Glenn, who was selected No. 7 by the New England Patriots in 1996. Smith-Njigba broke Glenn's Ohio State single-game receiving yards record in the Rose Bowl. He also broke a 37-year old Cris Carter bowl game reception record. If selected in the top 15 of the first round, it would mean the 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes had three future top-15 picks at receiver. - Columbus Dispatch

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WR *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
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05/27/22 - *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jr/2023, Ohio State, 6-1, 196 (DS#1 WR) + More +

Kickoff times for three more of Ohio State's games in the upcoming season were announced Thursday, including the rest of its non-conference schedule. After opening against Notre Dame in prime time on Labor Day weekend, the Buckeyes are set to host Arkansas State on Sept. 10 at noon on the Big Ten Network. The final non-conference game against Toledo on Sept. 17 will kick off at 7 p.m. on FOX. Ohio State's homecoming game against Rutgers on Oct. 1 will begin at 3:30 p.m. The television assignment remains undetermined.

The team previously announced the kickoff time for its highly anticipated Sept. 3 season opener against the Fighting Irish, as well as its annual rivalry game against Michigan that ends the regular season. The Game, which is to be held on Nov. 26, will kick off at noon on FOX. It mark be the 15th straight game in the series that will be held in its traditional midday time slot after beginning at 3:30 p.m. in 2006 for the so-called "Game of the Century." Ohio State's Sept. 24 game against Wisconsin will air on ABC, but a kickoff times is to be announced at a later date. - Columbus Dispatch

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WR *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
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05/26/22 - *Ronnie Hickman, rJr/2023, Ohio State, 6-1, 209 (DS#6 FS) + More +

2022 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: RONNIE HICKMAN, S, Ohio State, Jr., 6-1, 205, South Orange, NJ.: Led Buckeyes with 99 tackles last season; All-American lacrosse player in high school. - Lott IMPACT Trophy/The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation

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FS *Ronnie Hickman, Ohio State
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05/22/22 - Zach Harrison, Sr/2023, Ohio State, 6-6, 269 (DS#10 DE) + More +

2022 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: ZACH HARRISON, DE, Ohio State, Sr., 6-6, 272, Lewis Center, Ohio: On Watch List last year; All-Big Ten (second team); OSU Scholar Athlete; 17.5 career tackles for losses. - Lott IMPACT Trophy/The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation

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DE Zach Harrison, Ohio State
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05/21/22 - Terrelle Pryor, Sr/2011, Ohio State, 6-4, 240 (DS#999 QB) + More +

The 2010 season of the Ohio State University football team, vacated after a memorabilia-for-cash scandal, should be restored because of recent changes allowing college athletes to be compensated, under a symbolic resolution approved by House lawmakers. The vacating of the season followed revelations that players in 2009 and 2010 accepted cash and free or discounted tattoos from a Columbus tattoo parlor owner and also traded memorabilia like championship rings for cash. The scandal led to the resignation of then Coach Jim Tressel, now president of Youngstown State University.

Last year, the NCAA for the first time allowed college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image or likeness. The NCAA's elimination of Ohio State's 2010 12-1 season, including a Sugar Bowl win, unfairly hurt players, fans and coaches who had nothing to do with the scandal, said Rep. Brian Stewart, the resolution's sponsor and an Ohio State grad. The House approved the resolution Wednesday but support wasn't unanimous. Rep. Jamie Callender noted that athletes caught up in the scandal broke rules that still wouldn't be covered by NIL compensation. - Columbus Dispatch

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QB Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State
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05/19/22 - *C.J. Stroud, rSo/2023, Ohio State, 6-3, 214 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Ohio State football will open the season with a primetime showdown in Ohio Stadium against Notre Dame on Saturday, Sept. 3. A kickoff time of 7:30 p.m. was announced on Tuesday. The game will be shown on ABC, and ESPN GameDay will set up in Columbus for the day. It will be GameDay's 21st visit to Columbus, the last coming on Nov. 20 last season when the Buckeyes hosted Michigan State in a top-10 matchup. Ohio State won that one to improve to 15-5 when GameDay camps outside Ohio Stadium.

Also, ABC claimed the fourth game of the season for the Buckeyes, their Big Ten opener at home on Sept. 24 against Wisconsin. That kickoff time has not yet been set. The Michigan kickoff time was announced Monday. That game on Nov. 26 in Columbus will start on noon on Fox. Notre Dame should be the most talented team that the Buckeyes face in the 2022 regular season, with first-year coach and former Ohio State linebacker Marcus Freeman leading the Fighting Irish into the Shoe. This game is the first of a home-and-home series that will send Ohio State to South Bend next season. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#1 QB) rSo/2023

QB *C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
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05/15/22 - *C.J. Stroud, rSo/2023, Ohio State, 6-3, 214 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Stroud might be Ryan Day's perfect quarterback, in turn making him Ohio State football's best NFL prospect. His 6-foot-3, 218-pound frame makes him the prototypical size teams dream of having. He can make all of the throws, has poise in the pocket and can buy time with his feet when he needs to. That was all on display during his first season as the starter when he threw for 4,435 yards and 44 touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes. If there's one knock against Stroud's game, it's that his ability - and sometimes desire - to make plays with his legs is often non-existent. But that's a description that comes with the territory of practically every quarterback who's won the sport's most important trophy: None of them are the supreme athletes whose highlights will dominate social media.

That's because they've got a trait that's even more valuable: supreme football IQ. "That's the thing I love about football is that you can actually put in the work and go see it and put it on the field," Stroud said. "I love meeting. I love talking about this stuff. I love the verbiage. I love challenging myself." Stroud is a football mind. One conversation with him is enough to see how he views the game, and why he's able to anticipate and complete throws in places some pros wouldn't try. Just like supreme athleticism can't be taught, neither can that level of understanding. That trait is why at the peak of Peyton Manning's career, he was often given multiple plays at the line of scrimmage and picked which one he wanted to run based on what he saw. That trait is why Tom Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl champion. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#1 QB) rSo/2023

QB *C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
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05/09/22 - Noah Ruggles, rSr/2023, Ohio State, 6-2, 190 (DS#999 K) + More +

Ohio State kicker Noah Ruggles has returned to the team after sitting out spring practice. "He needed a little time away," coach Ryan Day said Friday afternoon, "but he's back." After transferring from North Carolina last summer, Ruggles made an immediate impact for the Buckeyes with his accuracy. He hit 20 of 21 field-goal attempts in 2021, including the game-winner in the Rose Bowl victory over Utah, a level of precision that made him one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award as the nation's top kicker.

Special teams coordinator Parker Fleming referred to Ruggles' absence from spring practice as "kind of a personal thing." "It wasn't a big deal," Fleming said. "It was nothing bad. It was just kind of a situation the head coach and I had, and that's the direction we went." Though an unusual situation, Ruggles' experience has kept Fleming at ease. Next fall will be his sixth season in college, and he wasn't with the Buckeyes last spring, either. Ruggles spent several months in the transfer portal before enrolling at Ohio State in June. "He's an older guy," Fleming said. "He's mature. He can take care of himself, and that's something he was doing the entire time he wasn't with us." - Columbus Dispatch

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K Noah Ruggles, Ohio State
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05/09/22 - *Cardale Jones, rJr/2016, Ohio State, 6-5, 253 (DS#6 QB) + More +

Cardale Jones is giving pro football another shot. The Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League signed former Ohio State quarterback who led the Buckeyes to the 2014 College Football Playoff championship. The Elks also announced that Jones' OSU teammate, J.T. Barrett, was transferred to the retired list. Barrett was OSU's starting quarterback in 2014 before he broke his ankle against Michigan, causing Jones to get his chance. Jones and Barrett competed for the quarterback job in 2015. Jones opened the season as the starter, but Barrett eventually took over. Jones threw for 2,323 yards and 15 touchdowns with seven interceptions in his Buckeye career. - Columbus Dispatch

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QB *Cardale Jones, Ohio State
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05/08/22 - Marcus Crowley, rJr/2024, Ohio State, 6-0, 216 (DS#999 RB) + More +

One Ohio State football player has seen his Buckeyes career come to an end, and another has likely seen his 2022 season come to an end, OSU coach Ryan Day confirmed Friday. Running back Marcus Crowley will take a medical hardship and end his football career. Day said he met with Crowley and his family on Thursday night and that decision was made. A recruit in the Class of 2019 from Jacksonville, Fla., Crowley faced tough injury luck for much of his three-year college career. Crowley tore his ACL in a game as a freshman in 2019, and was still coming back from that injury in 2020. He then hurt his knee again last season, and running backs coach Tony Alford said Friday that Crowley had suffered another injury. In three seasons, Crowley played in 10 games with 51 carries for 354 yards with one rushing touchdown. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

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RB Marcus Crowley, Ohio State
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04/21/22 - Tommy Eichenberg, rSr/2024, Ohio State, 6-2, 233 (DS#4 ILB) + More +

They call it the Bar House - seven Ohio State football players and a couple of dogs packed into one living arrangement. Thanks to those confined quarters, Steele Chambers has a more conversational relationship with his fellow linebacker Tommy Eichenberg. "He's an oddball, but I love the dude," Chambers said. "I've been roommates with him for two years. I'm around him all the time, so we talk a lot." To the rest of the world, Eichenberg is a man of few words and many tackles. His 7.5 tackles led all players in Saturday's Spring Game. He and Chambers lined up as the starters with the first-string defense - no surprise considering the consistent reviews from the coaching staff all spring. "I'm very impressed with Tommy Eichenberg," Ryan Day said in his last press conference before the Spring Game. "I think he's really had a really good spring. Playing fast, really decisive." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

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ILB Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
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03/04/22 - Thayer Munford, rSr/2022, Ohio State, 6-6, 329 (DS#15 OT) + More +

Thayer Munford has no regrets. Not to return for an extra season at Ohio State in 2021. Not his switch from left tackle to left guard his final season. "None at all," Munford said Thursday at the NFL combine. When the NCAA granted an additional year of eligibility to players following the COVID-affected 2020 season, Munford chose to take advantage of it, surprising many by not entering the NFL draft after three years of starting at left tackle. He wanted to finish his degree, which he did. When Dawand Jones began to emerge at right tackle, Munford volunteered to move to guard, with Nicholas Petit-Frere moving from right tackle to left tackle. It was a selfless move, and that's something he hopes will appeal to NFL teams. "I'm a team player," Munford said. "I pride myself on that. I don't care where they put me. I just want to do what's best for the team." Munford's stock might have been higher if he'd entered last year's draft. He had recovered from back surgery to play superbly in 2020. "I had a phenomenal year," Munford said. "I had no sacks (allowed), no pressures." - Columbus Dispatch

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OT Thayer Munford, Ohio State
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01/01/22 - *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jr/2023, Ohio State, 6-1, 196 (DS#1 WR) + More +

C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba put on a passing performance that obliterated a multitude of records during one of the biggest offensive days in Ohio State's storied history. The Buckeyes still barely did enough to hold off resilient Utah and its backup quarterback in one spectacular Rose Bowl. Stroud capped his record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles' 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 on Saturday night in the wild 108th edition of the Rose Bowl. Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes (11-2), who won the Granddaddy of Them All for the second time in four years while toppling one long-standing offensive record after another.

Stroud's yards passing and touchdowns both are Rose Bowl records, and he finished 3 yards shy of the record for yards passing in any bowl game. "It's emotional for me," said Stroud, from nearby Rancho Cucamonga. "It's like I'm dreaming right now. I was able to come home and win the Rose Bowl like this...This is the Rose Bowl, man. This is where the legendary games are being played." Ohio State created a few more legends on this trip. Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving while catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns. Marvin Harrison Jr. also caught three TD passes for the Buckeyes, who set a Rose Bowl and school bowl record with 683 total yards. - Ohio State/AP College Football

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WR *Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
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12/27/21 - *Garrett Wilson, Jr/2022, Ohio State, 6-0, 184 (DS#1 WR) + More +

Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson is skipping the Rose Bowl to enter the NFL draft. Wide receiver Chris Olave, offensive tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere and defensive tackle Haskell Garrett are also bypassing the game, coach Ryan Day said during the Buckeyes' visit to Disneyland to celebrate their New Year's Day showdown against Pac-12 champion Utah. "Certainly love those guys and appreciate everything they've done for the program, but the guys have had a good month of practice and we're gonna go forward with the guys that we have," Day said. Wilson made the announcement Monday in a statement on Twitter. "This journey has been a lifetime in the making and after careful consideration, today, I am excited to start the next chapter by declaring for the NFL Draft," Wilson wrote.

Wilson, a 6-foot, 192-pound junior, is regarded as a potential first-round selection. He had 70 receptions for 1,058 yards and 12 touchdowns, ranking second on the team in each category for the potent Buckeyes passing attack. He caught 23 touchdowns in his three seasons at Ohio State. Olave returned for his senior season in hopes of helping No. 7 Ohio State (No. 6 CFP) win the national title, but those aspirations ended with the 42-27 rivalry game loss to Michigan. Day said Olave is with the team in Southern California and even went through practice on Monday. - AP College Football

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WR *Garrett Wilson, Ohio State
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