Evaluating Ohio State's transfer portal wins and losses so far

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis discuss the significant changes in the Ohio State football roster due to the transfer portal. They analyze the losses and additions across various position groups, including quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, offensive linemen, defensive ends, and defensive tackles. The conversation highlights the challenges and opportunities presented by these changes, emphasizing the need for strategic additions to maintain competitiveness in college football. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.6	Hey, hey, hey, come on in. Welcome back to Bucket Talk. I'm Stephen Means. That's Defon Kreis. The transfer portal
1:35.3	is open for another 24 hours as you're listening to this podcast. We're actually recording it
1:40.6	sometime in the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday. At the time we're recording this, Ohio State has lost 33 players to the portal, and they
1:47.5	replaced them with 11 players.
1:49.3	So far, of the 33, they've lost.
1:50.8	16 have found a new home, and only two ended up at places where making the college football
1:57.1	playoff in 2025 by the end of the season was a realistic possibility.
2:01.2	We're going to run through all, all 33 players that they've lost so far.
2:05.0	We're going to run through all 11 players that they've added so far because this has been a
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