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TE/FB Mitch Rossi (Official Thread)

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Franklin (TN) HS

Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 235 lbs

Franklin's Rossi tabbed Gateway Tire Football Player of the Week

Buckeyes likely to add preferred walk-on middle linebacker

Teammate of the Wrays. Grew up an OSU fan.
 
MITCH ROSSI
#34 TE

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PLAYER PROFILE
  • HEIGHT 6-1
  • WEIGHT 245
  • HOMETOWN FRANKLIN, TENN.
  • LAST SCHOOL FRANKLIN
  • YEAR SENIOR
• Mitch Rossi is in his fifth season with the Ohio State football program after initially being an invited walk-on to the team in the summer of 2017
• He’s played in all 22 games over the past two seasons as a key member of Ohio State’s special teams unit
• Rossi has been part of four Big Ten championship-winning teams and two that have made the College Football Playoff
• He is an OSU Scholar-Athlete majoring in finance.

Honors & Awards
2020: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2019: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2018: OSU Scholar-Athlete
2017: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Mitch
• Rossi played four years of both football and rugby at Franklin High School in Franklin, Tenn., while also competing in basketball for two years
• A two-way standout who played both middle linebacker and running back for the Rebels and head coach Donnie Webb
• Named Region 3-6A offensive most valuable player and all-state as a senior in 2016 when he helped Franklin advance to the state quarterfinals for its deepest post-season run in five years
• Accounted for over 1,200 yards on the ground with 19 touchdowns
• Carried the ball 31 times for 171 yards in a 31-10 playoff win over Memphis White Station
• Made 77 tackles, including 10 for loss, to go along with two sacks, an interception and forced fumble as a junior
• State champion and championship game MVP in rugby
• Is the son of Tom and Deb Rossi
• Has two older siblings

Entire article: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/roster/mitch-rossi/



Redshirt senior tight end and special teamer Rossi earned the team's special teams player of the game honor for his versatile work across multiple special teams units in Thursday's win.

 
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Bill Lucas said:
Love to see items like this pop up. There are a lot of unsung heroes on a football team.
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Unpaid too.....Besides (undoubtedly) not getting any NIL money, he isn't even on a football scholarship. They know they won't have any NFL career after graduation and are there solely because they love to just play the game (i.e. contributing as much as they can as long as they can).
 
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I really enjoyed the double TE looks, especially when both woukd go in motion together.

It’s a nice look and was strong in the run game. Will be some PA off of it. I know Rossi isn’t a great receiving threat, but his blocking is pretty solid on end of LOS.
 
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Kid needs a bump.

Didnt pay enough attention to Rossi until now but I will every game from now on. Kid had at least 3 pancake blocks on the day springing Henderson runs. On the play where Henderson gets a facemask penalty, he motions and seals the hole for Henderson (pancake) then is running downfield next to Henderson getting another block when the penalty is called. Thats flat out getting it done. If he were 6'4 or 6'5 he'd have a career in the league as a blocking TE but unless he moves to FB or HB and gets the same action, this will be it for him. He's earned the right to be up on or near the first page for awhile.
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Kid needs a bump.

Didnt pay enough attention to Rossi until now but I will every game from now on. Kid had at least 3 pancake blocks on the day springing Henderson runs. On the play where Henderson gets a facemask penalty, he motions and seals the hole for Henderson (pancake) then is running downfield next to Henderson getting another block when the penalty is called. Thats flat out getting it done. If he were 6'4 or 6'5 he'd have a career in the league as a blocking TE but unless he moves to FB or HB and gets the same action, this will be it for him. He's earned the right to be up on or near the first page for awhile.
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Ive been rooting for him to get a scholarship. He’s from right up the road from me in Franklin TN.

I noticed him a lot in the Minnesota game. Thought he was going to get us some illegal procedure penalties because he was moving towards the LOS just before the snap. Love his aggressiveness.
 
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