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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
1. CHRIS OLAVE, OHIO STATE
2020 stats: 50 catches, 729 yards, 7 TDs
The skinny: Ohio State may have the two best wide receivers in college football this season, a scary thought for opposing defenses considering the Buckeyes' production at the position in recent years. Ohio State has become Wide Receiver U in short order, flexing impressive signing hauls in rapid succession at wide receiver while doing a great job of spreading the wealth during games. In seven games last fall, Chris Olave managed five 100-yard outings with three multi-touchdown games. His explosion against Clemson in the College Football Playoff was his arrival moment in front of a national audience as one of the nation's best players.
2. GARRETT WILSON, OHIO STATE
2020 stats: 43 catches, 723 yards, 6 TDs
The skinny: Outside of Heisman winner Devonta Smith, you'd be hard-pressed to find a wideout nationally who enjoyed a better four-game stretch to open the 2020 season than Garrett Wilson, who nuked Big Ten defenses with four 100-yard games during Ohio State's unbeaten start. His numbers cooled a bit from there, but he still averaged better than 16 yards per reception as a primary target for Justin Fields and a potent passing game.
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BayBuck
Buckeyes are best
1. CHRIS OLAVE, OHIO STATE
2020 stats: 50 catches, 729 yards, 7 TDs
The skinny: Ohio State may have the two best wide receivers in college football this season, a scary thought for opposing defenses considering the Buckeyes' production at the position in recent years. Ohio State has become Wide Receiver U in short order, flexing impressive signing hauls in rapid succession at wide receiver while doing a great job of spreading the wealth during games. In seven games last fall, Chris Olave managed five 100-yard outings with three multi-touchdown games. His explosion against Clemson in the College Football Playoff was his arrival moment in front of a national audience as one of the nation's best players.
2. GARRETT WILSON, OHIO STATE
2020 stats: 43 catches, 723 yards, 6 TDs
The skinny: Outside of Heisman winner Devonta Smith, you'd be hard-pressed to find a wideout nationally who enjoyed a better four-game stretch to open the 2020 season than Garrett Wilson, who nuked Big Ten defenses with four 100-yard games during Ohio State's unbeaten start. His numbers cooled a bit from there, but he still averaged better than 16 yards per reception as a primary target for Justin Fields and a potent passing game.
3. Jameson Williams
4. Jaxon Smith-Njigba
5. Julian Fleming
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bukIpower
Head Coach
Yes. He will without a doubt be a day 1 leader and he's going to ball out too.
No doubt that Williams, Henderson and Pryor will have a role I fully 100% believe that. That said too many are writing off Teague.
He's 225 pounds and he's one of the fastest players on our team (that ain't no shit neither). Where Teague lacks is his ability to bend and cut back which is where William's and Henderson come in.
Will he interesting to see how the reps are shared.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The Buckeyes lose leading rusher Trey Sermon but return starting running back Master Teague from last season. Teague rushed for 514 yards in seven games in 2020, averaging 4.9 yards per carry. He led the team with eight rushing touchdowns. Every other running back behind him returns (save for Demario McCall), though none of them carried the ball more than 10 times. Sophomore Miyan Williams rushed for 60 yards on 10 carries last year as a true freshman, but was impressive in his limited opportunities. So was Steele Chambers, who averaged 9.6 yards per carry on nine attempts last year as a redshirt freshman. Marcus Crowley finally returned late last year from an ACL injury he suffered the year before as a true freshman. In 2019, he averaged 9.5 yards per carry on 25 attempts. Ohio State is also adding true freshmen TreVeyon Henderson and Evan Pryor, both of whom were highly touted recruits. Walk-on Xavier Johnson is also back and is an integral piece of the OSU special teams.
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GovTressel
Heisman
With potentially the best WR room in the history of the school, the best OL since 94, and the TEs being thin with a returning star geared more toward pass catching-the base offensive set will likely be a drastic change this year.
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Will it? So you're saying that OSU will be a more pass oriented team? Though we have an incredibly deep RB room and an unproven QB starter. I think this could be one of the most balanced offenses that OSU has seen. No QB-heavy run scheme(a la Urban), no predicted run oriented and lean on special teams(a la Tressel), Day can present the best of both worlds, with his biggest issue being that there's only one ball.
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GovTressel
Heisman
I said nothing about being pass or run heavy...was commenting about what our base offensive set would be-personnel, not play calling.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
OHIO STATE COULD FEATURE NATION'S TOP OFFENSIVE LINE
Greg Studrawa lost his two top interior linemen in Wyatt Davis and Josh Myers. The duo will hear their names called in the early rounds of this year's NFL draft. Still, the return of both Thayer Munford and Nicholas Petit-Frere means that the Buckeyes should once again have the country's top tackle duo and potentially its best offensive line as a whole.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Ruckert and Farrell had fantastic seasons in 2020 (to follow up a solid all-around campaign in 2019) with the production they gave in the pass game and run-blocking game. The Buckeyes used more 12 personnel (one running back, two tight ends) than they ever had before as Ryan Day continued to up the ante numbers-wise there. According to TruMedia, as pointed out by Bill Landis of The Athletic, the Buckeyes have used more 12 personnel in every season since Day and Kevin Wilson took over the offense:
- 2 percent in 2017
- 8 percent in 2018
- 21 percent in 2019
- 31 percent in 2020
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I dont think 2020 is valid. Because it was obvious that Fields had no chemistry with any WR not named Olave or Wilson, and preferred the TEs more than the other WRs. I don't see that happening this season. Stroud/Miller/McCord have entire off season with the WRs, and had a season and practice with those WRs as backups. I don't see the offense using 2 TEs with so much WR talent.
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