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Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

Payton Pierce, Riley Pettijohn and and the limitless depth of Ohio State's linebackers

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

cleveland.com

Sports, Football

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ohio State's linebackers were the stars of the 2025 defense, and now both are gone. James Laurinaitis might not have two athletic freaks anymore, but in their place might still be a room that has a case for being the deepest on the roster. On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis discuss that depth and how it might play out in 2026. 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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Hey Hey, hey, where you've been,

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Buckeye talk is about to begin.

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Welcome back to Buckeye Talk.

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I'm Stephen Means.

1:39.1

That's Stefan Christnick, and that is Andrew Gillis, Ohio State Practice, number seven.

2:01.5

I believe I'm not good at math, but we talk with Kenan Bailey and tied in Nate Roberts. He was the the only tight-in we talked to today. We also talked to James Oronitis in a group of linebackers. And so, Stefan, earlier this week, we did a, how deep is this team really podcast? And I think we said like five linebackers that we think end up playing this year. And I think James Oronitis said he wants to get to five or six guys, but it's going to depend on how the guys develop. But ideally he would like

2:05.3

that. Now that we've talked with him, I think right now, Riley Pet is not part Riley. Payton Pierce is

2:11.2

the only linebacker. I am a thousand percent sure is going to play meaningful snaps right now

2:16.5

because I feel like Peyton Pierce's name came out of James Loronitis his mouth more than anything else. But the rest of the room is like one big good question mark, but still a question. Yeah, I think it's a good question mark because I think you're up. It's like almost kind of like a good problem to have. But I think they're still trying to figure out, you know, how guys are going to separate them, who's going to be better here, who's going to be better there, certain situations, certain games, you know, a big stage versus a, you know, a G5 opponent. Like, there's just a lot to figure out. And I think, you know, I think the that there is a good element to the way he talked about

2:50.9

Peyton Pierce just because, like, okay, you know that there's at least a dude who you trust

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