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Ohio State’s Top 10 NFL Players of the 2023-24 Season
C.J. Stroud, Nick Bosa and Chris Olave lead our list of Ohio State’s top 10 NFL performers for the 2023-24 NFL season.
OHIO STATE’S TOP 10 NFL PLAYERS OF THE 2023-24 SEASON
Ohio State was well-represented by NFL standouts once again during the 2023-24 NFL season.
With the season now complete following Sunday’s Super Bowl, it’s time for a look at the 10 former Ohio State players who had the best seasons in the league.
Fifty-nine players from Ohio State played in at least one NFL game this season, giving us plenty of Buckeyes to choose from in compiling the 10 best. Before we dive into the top 10, the following Buckeyes are among those who warrant honorable mentions for their performance during the 2023 season:
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2. NICK BOSA, DE, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
Regular Season Stats: 53 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 16 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR, 4 PD, 35 QB hitsPlayoff Stats (3 games): 12 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 TFL, 12 QB hits
Bosa could easily be the No. 1 player on this list for the second year in a row. While he didn’t put up quite the numbers that he did as the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, he remained one of the league’s elite defensive players in 2023, reaching double-digit sacks for the third year in a row while leading the NFL with 47 total quarterback hits between the regular season and postseason.
Bosa made the PFWA’s All-NFC team for the third year in a row and was selected as a Pro Bowler for the fourth time in five NFL seasons. And he played some of his best football of the year in the San Francisco 49ers’ run to the Super Bowl, recording two sacks in their NFC Championship Game win over the Lions and six total tackles with two tackles for loss in their overtime Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
1. C.J. STROUD, QB, HOUSTON TEXANS
Regular Season Stats: 319-499 passing (63.9%), 4,108 yards, 23 TD, 5 INT; 39 carries, 167 yards, 3 TDPlayoff Stats (2 games): 35-54 passing (64.8%), 449 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT; 4 carries, 10 yards
No NFL quarterback from Ohio State has ever had a better season than C.J. Stroud did in his first NFL season. His rapid rise to stardom in his first year out of Ohio State was one of the biggest stories of the entire 2023 NFL season, and he leads our list of Ohio State’s top NFL players of 2023 as a result.
Stroud shattered the single-season passing records for a quarterback from Ohio State by throwing for 4,108 yards – the third-most ever for an NFL rookie QB – and 23 touchdowns. His 23-to-5 touchdown-to-interception ratio was the best in the league in 2023, as was his average of 273.9 passing yards per game among quarterbacks who started more than half of their team’s games.
Stroud became the first quarterback who completed his college career at Ohio State to make the Pro Bowl (albeit as an alternate) and the first quarterback from OSU to win the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. And he led the way for a Houston Texans team that won just three games in 2022 to win the AFC South title and make the divisional round of the playoffs.
Ohio State quarterbacks have long been stigmatized for their lack of success in the NFL, but Stroud tossed that narrative aside in just one NFL season and was the driving force behind one of the league’s biggest team turnarounds.
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