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DT Kayden McDonald (National Champion)

ScriptOhio
brodybuck21 said:
Ohio State's defense dominated Texas and Pro Football Focus took notice of the Buckeyes on that side of the ball.

Following Ohio State's season-opening win over No. 1 Texas, many people were impressed with the performance of the Buckeyes' defensive players and formed opinions on how Ohio State's players performed. One such set of opinions comes from Pro Football Focus, who grades every player after every game based on how they perform on a snap-to-snap basis.
PFF's Grading Scale
ELITE GOOD ABOVE AVG. AVG. BELOW AVG. POOR VERY POOR
90-100 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 Below 40
We compiled the PFF grades for every Buckeye who played on either offense or defense in the season opener and highlight the three highest-graded players – all of whom were on the defensive side of the ball – who played at least 10 snaps against the Longhorns.

The Top Three​

1. DT Kayden McDonald (82.4)​

Entering the season-opener against Texas, a concern many analysts had about Ohio State's defense was the interior defensive line. McDonald answered that question by racking up eight tackles against the Longhorns, earning the second-highest tackling grade (77.1) among all defensive tackles in the country. His tackle grade was the best among all DTs in the B1G and he also led the Buckeyes with a score of 82.2 in run defense.

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Kayden McDonald, Will Smith Jr. and Jermaine Mathews Jr. Earn Highest Grades from Pro Football Focus for Ohio State’s Win Over Texas

Defensive tackles Kayden McDonald and Will Smith Jr. were Ohio State’s top players against Texas, followed by Jermaine Mathews Jr., according to Pro Football Focus.
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Just sayin': Kayden graded out as the Top Buckeye 2 weeks in a row:

1. DT Kayden McDonald (93.6)​

For consecutive weeks, McDonald graded out as Ohio State's best player. Not only was his overall score of 93.6 the highest for a Buckeye against Grambling State, it was also the best of any defensive tackle in college football during Week 2. His 95.1 grade against the run was also the best among all DTs in the country.

McDonald's impressive overall grade is the best for any Buckeye defender since last season and just behind Jeremiah Smith's 94.5 against Oregon in the Rose Bowl for the overall best game grade in that time frame.

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2026 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

calibuck
Here's where the rubber hits the road. One can have the #1 recruiting class, but not fill all the immediate or future holes in the line-up. Or one can fill the gaps, and not have the #1 class. Who has the best class? Obviously open to debate, but filling the gaps in the recruiting classes, to me at least, seems to be more important. Clearly, the portal can take care of the spot needs, but the 'best' portal players will command the premium dollars from everyone. Probably better to groom the youngsters, and have the 'didn't quite make it' players go their own way.
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Cleveland Guardians (2025 Season Thread)

bigdog3300
Some of the young starters have really shown well this year (except you, Bibee....). I'm interested to see how things shake out next year, who might be on the trading block in the offseason.

Gavin Williams
Tanner Bibee
Slade Cecconi
Joey Cantillo
Parker Messick

John Means ($6M team option for '26, will def get picked up)
Ben Lively (potential 2nd half '26 return)
Logan Allen (potential trade bait)

Doug Nikhazy took a step back this year, and you still have some potential guys a step away like Austin Peterson, Ryan Webb, etc. and whatever guys off the scrap heap we can sign to reclamation deals.

I really like that starting 5 rotation though....right now all are 25 or 26, two lefties, a good mix of styles, aggressive personalities. I have a lot more faith in them than I do whoever will be catching for them.
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RB Lamar "Bo" Jackson (Official Thread)

RugbyBuck
I've made this plea every year at least since Cooper. Rotation, rotation, rotation. Assuming that they earn it in practice, it seems to me like we have four of them same RB, with CJD bringing more size. No reason not to play them all early and keep rotating during the season and wearing down defenses. We don't have the OG Bo Jackson. We have four B, possibly B+ eventually, backs. Play them.
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Google Jeremiah Smith is making an insane amount of cash with the Ohio State Buckeyes this season as a true sophomore - A to Z Sports

Jeremiah Smith is making an insane amount of cash with the Ohio State Buckeyes this season as a true sophomore - A to Z Sports
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Jeremiah Smith is making an insane amount of cash with the Ohio State Buckeyes this season as a true sophomore A to Z Sports

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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments - NCAA: no wins taken away, no postseason ban

BuckeyeNation27
woofermazing said:
I bet they open it up more while Moore is gone, the new OC is a spread guy. It will not go well. When Moore returns they go back to putting 9 OL on the field. Underwood becomes Captain Handoff with an occasional bootleg.
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The Vikings just got a massive boner and they don't know why.
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Game Thread Ohio at #1 tOSU, Sat. Sept. 13th, 7 ET on Peacock

ORD_Buckeye
The OU game will be a nice contrast to Grambling. With Grambling, we got to see a genuine HBCU band at their best. With OU, we'll get to see a bunch of overweight, pasty white kids trying to do the same style. They are the Pat Boone of collegiate bands, practically a minstrel show.
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tOSU Recruiting Discussion

RuGettinIt
Jaxbuck said:
Handing off the Motorola to the next generation
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Ha ha, I remember back in the day on his website, the pic of him holding that phone to his ear and pointing at it like he was on the line with a high profile recruit.

He provided us early recruitnicks with a lot of info.
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the golf thread

RuGettinIt
iambrutus said:
took the day off yesterday, played 9 holes at +7, not great, but par'd the last 3 holes and started to hit the ball well, decided to play another loop, and damn glad i did, i shot a +2, hit all of the fairways and 6 out of 9 GIR
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It’s always great to turn a bad round around. Sunday I had my worst front 9 in forever. I found something in my downswing on 10 and things started to click. Had a couple birdies on the inward and played under my handicap.
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