Saturday inside Ohio Stadium is the likely grand finale on the home turf for one of the most important groups of seniors in recent Bucckeyes' history.
Saturday inside Ohio Stadium is the likely final time that several Buckeyes will take the field wearing the Scarlet and Gray.
The careers of these players who can be explained by a lot of wins and a couple of critical losses to go along with the greatest stretch of football thats ever been played in College Football.
This group of Buckeyes was key contributors on the team that will forever live in the history books in Columbus, OH. Several players, including linebacker Sonny Styles, cornerback Davison Igbinosun and safety Caleb Downs, were all integral parts of the success that the Buckeyes experienced last season.
As they jumped into this season, the challenge to uphold the new Buckeye standard was at an all-time high, and the group has lived up to the hype.
They were the key players who were challenged with trying to rebuild a defense that was one of the best in the country last year, and they are leaps and bounds better than last year's unit.
While their home schedule is coming to a close, there is still so much more work to be done for this group, and it starts next week in Ann Arbor. This senior class is in danger or joining last year's group as another class that didn't ever beat The Team Up North, and regardless of how the season ends, that is a failure within the Ohio State program.
Beating TTUN is one of the four goals that the Buckeyes have going into every year. Along with that victory is a trip to Indianapolis to win the Big Ten Championsip, a trip to the Playoffs, and lastly, a National Championship.
They have tey to accompish all three of them in one season. It would be the cherry on top of what has been an amazing four seasons in Columbus for this group.
The players that are either graduating or heading to the NFL Draft are the following:
Seniors
- Eli Brickhandler
- Collin Johnson
- Diante Griffin
- Mason Maggs
- Joey Valazquez
- CJ Donaldson
- Ethan Oniawa
- John Ferlmann
- David Adolph
- Jayden Fielding
- Twone Malone
- Lorenzo Styles
- Wil Kacmarek
- Davison Igbinosun
- Caden Curry
- Sonny Styles
Juniors
- Caleb Downs
- Carnell Tate
- Arvell Reese
- Austin Siereveld
- Kayden McDonald
The Juniors are not subjected to come out, but these five players could make the jump to the league after this season.
It's the end of another era in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday.