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LGHL Silver Bullets Podcast: Buckeyes in the NFL Draft, OSU Spring Game thoughts, more

Silver Bullets Podcast: Buckeyes in the NFL Draft, OSU Spring Game thoughts, more
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Ohio State Spring Showcase

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A look at where all of the former Buckeyes are headed for Sunday ball, a rewind of the Ohio State Spring Game, transfer portal additions, and more.


Spring ball is in the books and now we’re in that long, dark teatime of the offseason when news is something you’d rather just not hear.

For this episode, we looked at Ohio State dominating the 2025 NFL Draft. We looked at where the 14 selected former Buckeyes were picked (tying a school record) and wonder why there wasn’t a 15th player — a consensus All-American and winner of a major individual award, no less — taken to give the school a share of the all-time draft record.

We also walked through the draft spots of a couple of ex-Buckeyes who transferred to other schools and discussed the landing spots for some OSU undrafted free agents.

With the spring practices coming to an end, we’ve probably seen our final black helmet stripe removal until preseason camp starts. We look back at the most recent players to lose their helmet stripes. We also touch on a couple of important transfer portal arrivals, as well as Ohio State’s trip to the White House, where the vice president tried to mangle the national championship trophy and the foot of TreVeyon Henderson.

Finally, we looked back at the 2025 Ohio State Spring Game. Lots of players stood out during this year’s event, especially the running backs. Bo Jackson and C.J. McDonald looked especially good, and the quarterbacks performed well as a group. It may not have seemed like it, but there were some defensive standouts as well.

We are in our monthly offseason schedule, but we could have more than one show a month depending on how much news there is. We will return to our weekly schedule in August, as camp opens and we get you ready for the 2025 Ohio State football season.

We would love to hear from you, so please reach out with your feedback and questions below in the comments section or send us an email. Any questions directed toward us will be answered on our next show.

Be sure to subscribe, rate, review, share, and follow the show over on Twitter at @SilvrBulletsPod.

As always, thanks for listening!


0:20 — A whole lot of Buckeyes are on their way to the NFL. We walk through where everyone was selected or signed as an undrafted free agent.

34:18 — Ohio State news doesn’t stop in the off-season. We touch on the final black stripes that were removed during spring camp and the Buckeyes’ visit to the White House.

44:42 — Finally, we look back at the Ohio State Spring Game and shine a spotlight on those players who stood out.

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LGHL Ohio State four-star defensive line target sets commitment date

Ohio State four-star defensive line target sets commitment date
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2026 four-star DL Preston Carey | via @PrestonJCareyPJ on X

The Buckeyes also offered two blue-chip prospects in the 2027 recruiting class.

With spring practices over for the Ohio State football team, a focus will be put back on recruiting. The Buckeyes is off to a hot start already in the 2026 recruiting class, and this past weekend will only help the team close out the class.

Ohio State saw an enormous 14 players selected in the 2025 NFL Draft and multiple former Buckeyes have been signed to teams as undrafted free agents. This is proof of Ohio State’s ability to recognize and develop talent at the college football level, and is a huge recruiting tool for the Buckeyes moving forward.

It is not a coincidence that Ohio State made the recruiting headlines Monday, including when one of its top defensive line targets in the class include the Buckeyes in his top schools and announce a commitment date.

Four-star defensive lineman Preston Carey (Bradenton, FL / IMG Academy) announced a commitment date of June 30 and included Ohio State in his top seven schools alongside Georgia, Auburn, Florida, Rutgers, Alabama and USC.


Extremely grateful and humbled to have these opportunities. Back to work! #Grindneverstops #KeepWorking @GeorgiaFootball @OhioStateFB @AuburnFootball @GatorsFB @RFootball @AlabamaFTBL @uscfb https://t.co/JlXi9rySWE

— . ’ ’ (@PrestonJCareyPJ) April 28, 2025​
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Carey has visited with Ohio State already on numerous occasions and an official visit is scheduled with the Buckeyes for May 30. He will also take official visits with all of his finalists with USC receiving the final one.

Ohio State has long been recruiting Carey, offering him back in early 2023 and since the offer the Buckeyes and defensive line coach Larry Johnson have remained in frequent contact with him. None of his finalists have seemingly separated themselves from the pack but we will likely learn more following his visits. He is scheduled to commit just weeks following them wrapping up.

Carey is the No. 31 DL recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 278 overall recruit. He is also the No. 45 recruit out of the talent-rich state of Florida.

Ohio State offers pair of 2027 New Jersey OTs​


Ryan Day and the Ohio State football team are also actively recruiting next year’s recruiting class as well. This is the benefit of getting off to a hot start in this year’s cycle. The Buckeyes have two verbal commitments in the 2027 class already with four-star athlete Jamier Brown, the No. 1 recruit from Ohio, and four-star quarterback Brady Edmunds.

The Buckeyes will continue to add to this class and put in work Monday in efforts to do so by dishing out a couple of scholarship offers. The first offer was to four-star offensive tackle Oluwasemilore Olubobola (Jersey City, NJ / St. Peter’s Prep). Offensive tackle is a position the Buckeyes are making a priority in next year’s class as Olubobola makes the seventh recruit offered by the Buckeyes at the position.

Olubobola is the No. 11 OT in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 105 overall recruit. He is also the No. 2 recruit out of New Jersey.


All go to God!! Bless to have received an offer from Ohio State University!! @CoachRichHansen@KinslerLatish @CoachBearfield @SeanBarowski @CoachOFlaherty @SPPFootball @joeRteacher @tyler_calvaruso @Myles_Harts @BobbyDeren@RyanSnyderOn3 @TylerBowen pic.twitter.com/77lpVBrLYs

— oluwasemilore olubobola (@52_olubobola) April 28, 2025​
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The next recruit to announce they had received an official scholarship offer from Ohio State was four-star OT Sidney Rouleau (Pennington, NJ / The Pennington School). Like Olubobola, Rouleau is another New Jersey OT and he makes now eight total recruits offered as the position.

Rouleau is the No. 22 OT in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and he is the No. 212 overall recruit. He is also the No. 5 recruit in New Jersey.


After an Amazing talk with @TylerBowen I am excited and blessed to have Earned an offer from The University of Ohio State ⚪️ #Gobuckeyes @ryandaytime @MikeWakins @CoachJohnReagan @TonyGrecoTG @RivalsFriedman @RivalsRichie @OhioStateFB pic.twitter.com/fPwFb5jtWg

— BigSid 4⭐️ OT/DE (@RouleauSidney) April 28, 2025​
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LGHL Power Two Podcast: Shedeur Sanders vs. the NFL

Power Two Podcast: Shedeur Sanders vs. the NFL
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Colorado Black & Gold Spring Game

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In this episode, we recap the 2025 NFL Draft! We discuss Ohio State’s chase to break the draft record and Shedeur Sanders’ stunning slide.

Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s Power Two Podcast. On this show, we talk about Big Ten and SEC football…and everyone else. This show is for the die-hard fans and the casual college football fans. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host DaNaysia Jones. Lock in as we run a power sweep through the college football landscape.


DJ and Jordan recap the 2025 NFL Draft in this week’s episode. They start by analyzing the draft picks per conference.

The Power Two conferences (SEC and Big 10) cleaned up with 150 out of 257 draftees. The Power Four conferences had 223 of the 257 draftees. Jordan was excited because Ohio State had the highest number of draftees with 14. He would’ve loved to see the team break the record of 15, especially since there was an actual chance for it.

DJ was happy to see that SMU had two draftees, as it is indicative of the profile of the school rising. Jordan and DJ also discussed how the number of draftees at each school shows the state of their program.

In the two-minute drill, DJ and Jordan discuss Shedeur Sanders. There was a lot of coverage and discussion about when he was selected and how far down he fell. DJ and Jordan share very strong opinions about why that may have happened.

In the power sweep, the duo continue to discuss the other draftees. They are stunned by Quinn Ewers’ positioning in the draft given what he accomplished at Texas. They also discussed how the coverage of Sanders not getting drafted overshadowed a lot of the other draftees’ experience.

In the two-minute warning, Jordan talks about Sinners now that he has seen it. DJ talks about receiving a signed copy of Cynt Marshall’s book recently and how she identifies with her.


If you like the show, please share it with friends and family and leave a five-star review. If you want to keep up with the show, subscribe to the Land-Grant Podcast Network Feed, where new episodes drop every Monday.

You can also find Jordan’s article ‘B1G Thoughts’ on Land-Grant Holy Land.

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Follow the podcast on Instagram: @GetDefensiveSportsNetwork

Connect with us on Twitter: Jordan: @JordanW330 and DJ:@dj_danaysia

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Google Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals Lead League with Seven Buckeyes Each As 26 of 32 NFL Teams Now Have Player - Eleven Warriors

Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals Lead League with Seven Buckeyes Each As 26 of 32 NFL Teams Now Have Player - Eleven Warriors
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LGHL Teams passing on Seth McLaughlin costs Ohio State a share of the NFL Draft record

Teams passing on Seth McLaughlin costs Ohio State a share of the NFL Draft record
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Ohio State v Northwestern

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With center Seth McLaughlin somehow falling through the cracks, the Buckeyes fell one shy of the all-time mark for a single draft.

The best center in college football in 2024 and a two-time national champion went unselected in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Ohio State’s Seth McLaughlin may be coming off an injury, but at the conclusion of this year’s NFL Draft, he became the first Rimington Trophy-winning center to go undrafted in more than a decade, dating back to Auburn’s Reese Dismukes, who won the award in 2014 and then was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers after not being selected.

By first-team All-Big Ten selection McLaughlin sliding out of the draft, Ohio State had 14 players selected in this year’s event. That ties a school record, but falls one shy of Georgia’s record of 15 players selected in a single draft. While Gee Scott Jr., and Josh Fryar also could have been drafted, both always seemed more likely to slide out of the draft than McLaughlin.

It’s understandable if teams don’t want to take chances with players coming off an injury, but Josh Simmons remained a first-round pick despite being injured his senior season with a torn patellar tendon. Later rounds offer good opportunities to take chances on players who may be coming off an injury or have some other risk factor.

Dating back to Dismukes, only a couple of Rimington Trophy-winning centers had been selected after the third round. That includes former Buckeyes Pat Elflein and Billy Price, who were chosen in the third round in 2017 and first round in 2018, respectively.

Aside from Elflein and Price, other Buckeye centers have had productive NFL careers, including Nick Mangold and Michael Brewster. With a decent track record of producing talent at the position, that — coupled with McLaughlin’s performance last season — should have been enough for a team to spend a draft selection on the Tennessee native. He was the top unselected player on the ESPN draft board when the event concluded.

It seems strange to see someone who excelled in 2024 as much as McLaughlin did get passed on by every NFL team. McLaughlin has since signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent, and seemingly should have interest from other teams around the league if things don’t work out in Cincy. By not being drafted, it at least gave McLaughlin some flexibility to find a team where he felt he could compete for a roster spot.

After finishing the 2024 season as a consensus All-American and winning the Rimington Trophy as the nation’s best center, McLaughlin has a chance to catch on and have a productive NFL career. What is a shame is that he didn’t get to live that dream of getting that call on draft day to cap a stellar college playing career.

Ohio State fans will remember McLaughlin’s contributions to the 2024 season. After transferring from Alabama to Ohio State in January of last year, the veteran became the leader of the Buckeye offensive line over the course of last season, before suffering a torn Achilles tendon in practice. That kept him from being able to get revenge on Michigan for the 2024 Rose Bowl loss that Alabama sustained.

But it isn’t likely to keep him out of the NFL, even if it did cost Ohio State a share of the record.

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LGHL Ohio State adds transfer offensive lineman, makes top schools for top-10 running back

Ohio State adds transfer offensive lineman, makes top schools for top-10 running back
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Offensive tackle Justin Terry | Hailey Rogers, 247Sports

The Buckeyes’ recruiting pitch got even stronger following another successful NFL Draft.

As if Ohio State needed any help with its recruiting pitch coming off a national title, the Buckeyes had themselves another successful NFL Draft with 14 players selected to lead all schools.

While some other Big Ten schools were busy turning former five-star prospects into undrafted free agents, Ohio State extended its all-time lead with four more first round picks, bringing them to 95 total — nine more than the next-highest team (USC, 86). Emeka Egbuka was the Buckeyes’ highest-drafted player at No. 19, with Donovan Jackson (No. 24), Tyleik Williams (No. 28) and Josh Simmons (No. 32) rounding out the Day 1 selections.

Ohio State’s on-field production as well as the development for the next level is virtually unmatched, and recruits at both the high school level and in the transfer portal are taking notice. As such, it was another positive weekend for the program on both fronts.

Ohio State adds West Virginia transfer offensive lineman ​


Ryan Day has to be thrilled to have lost zero scholarship players during the spring transfer portal window, which again speaks to the brotherhood that Ohio State often touts. On the flip side, after adding six players to the roster during the winter transfer period, the Buckeyes have added their second player of the second frame in former West Virginia offensive lineman, Justin Terry.


I’ve always loved playing football. Now I get to play it at H ️me. #GoBucks #AGTG pic.twitter.com/hHiwSQTc33

— Justin Terry (@JustinTerry55) April 26, 2025​
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A Pickerington, Ohio native, Terry was a former three-star prospect in the 2024 class. Playing his high school ball at Pickerington Central, Terry was part of an offensive line that helped the Tigers average more than 200 yards rushing per game. Terry was named First-Team All-Capital Ohio Conference Buckeye Division, and earned All-Ohio Division I All-State Honorable Mention honors.

While the appeal of the hometown team certainly was a factor here, it sounds like Buckeyes new offensive line coach Tyler Bowen played a keep role in landing this commitment.

“I’m fired up about being at Ohio State,” Terry told Bucknuts. ”I’ve always been a Buckeye fan. I’ll start out as a tackle and as things progress if I need to I’ll move inside. Coach (Tyler) Bowen was a big part of my decision.”

The 6-foot-5, 338-pound lineman spent one year at West Virginia and will have four years of eligibility remaining, which is obviously huge for a position room that could use future depth. Terry is the third offensive lineman to join Ohio State via the transfer portal this offseason, with Ethan Onianwa and Phillip Daniels both coming over in the first window.

Terry is the second addition for the Buckeyes in the spring transfer portal, joining former UNC defensive lineman, Beau Atkinson.

Georgia running back includes Ohio State in top six​


Ohio State is off to a fantastic start in the 2026 class, with 11 commits in the fold thus far in a group that ranks No. 4 in the country. The Buckeyes lay claim to a pair of five-stars in wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. and safety Blaine Bradford, and things should only continue trending in the right direction with all of the positives surrounding the program.

Carlos Locklyn has been a breath of fresh air for Ohio State when it comes to running back recruiting, and after hauling in a trio of talented players in the 2025 class, the former Oregon position coach is still looking to land his first player in 2026. The Buckeyes got potentially one step closer to doing that on Saturday, when high four-star running back Jae Lamar included the program among his top six schools.

Cutting down his list from more than 30 offers, Ohio State made the cut for Lamar alongside Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia and Miami.


NEWS: Four-Star RB Jae Lamar is down to 6 Schools, he tells me for @on3recruits

The 6’0 205 RB from Moultrie, GA is ranked as a Top 10 RB in the ‘26 Class (per On3 Industry)https://t.co/B9OtavCdTG pic.twitter.com/YRGC3n3W05

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) April 27, 2025​
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A native of Georgia, Lamar currently checks in as the No. 8 RB and No. 104 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite, as well as the 11th-best player from the Peach State. The 6-foot, 205-pound running back visited with Ohio State back in March, but does not yet have an official visit planned with the Buckeyes. He has official visits set for four of his six finalists, with Georgia being the other to yet lock down a date.

That being said, it is those same Bulldogs that currently own the lone Crystal Ball prediction for Lamar via 247Sports Georgia staff writer Benjamin Wolk. It is always hard to pull a player away from those in-state power programs in the South, and it will definitely be an uphill battle for Locklyn and Ohio State. That battle needs to start with locking in an official visit ahead of Lamar’s scheduled commitment date of July 4.

Quick Hits​

  • Recent Tennessee de-commit Tyson Bacon visited with Ohio State on Friday. The No. 34 DL and No. 14 prospect out of Alabama had been committed to the Vols since October 2024, but re-opened his recruitment this past Wednesday and made an immediate stop in Columbus two days later. This was Bacon’s first visit with the Buckeyes after being offered by Larry Johnson on April 8.
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Google Ohio State HC Ryan Day’s admission after the spring transfer portal closed shows just how crazy the college football landscape can be - A to Z Sports

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Google Former Ohio State star has no choice but to make NFL teams pay for counting him out in the 2025 NFL Draft - A to Z Sports

Former Ohio State star has no choice but to make NFL teams pay for counting him out in the 2025 NFL Draft - A to Z Sports
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