Should Ohio State Fans Be CONCERNED About Transfer LB Christian Alliegro?
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
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🚨 Should Ohio State Fans Be CONCERNED About Transfer LB Christian Alliegro? | Buckeye Breakdown
Is there a reason for concern in Columbus?
Transfer linebacker Christian Alliegro arrived at Ohio State with major expectations — experience, production, and physicality. But recent buzz, depth chart chatter, and offseason developments have Buckeye fans asking:
👉 Should Ohio State fans be worried?
👉 Is Alliegro ready to take over for Sonny Styles?
👉 Will he just be a depth piece for Matt Patricia?
Today we break down everything surrounding the Buckeyes' transfer linebacker and what it means for Ohio State's 2026 defensive outlook.
🔥 LIVE Show Topics:
• What Ohio State expected from Christian Alliegro
• Early reports from workouts and spring prep
• Where he stands on the linebacker depth chart
• Fit within Matt Patricia's defensive scheme
• Physical traits vs on-field translation
• Is this a development issue or just competition?
• How this affects Ohio State's defensive ceiling
• Should Ryan Day be looking at more portal depth?
• LIVE chat reactions and Buckeye Nation debate
Ohio State has built a roster to compete for championships — but linebacker depth could be a defining factor.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Wednesday, February 25th. We got a bunch of stuff to discuss because I watched some film last night. Shout out to the crew. We had like 30 people in there for a moment. |
| 0:12.6 | Kind of a relaunch of bourbon and ball. We're doing a seven week study into the transfer portal class that Ohio State signed started last night with Christian Aliegro. It was a great, great watch. Good to be back in there. So check it out. It's on menisysports.com. I highly, highly encourage you check it out. It's an all-22 film breakdown. But Chris, how the hell are you on this fine hump day? I'm doing all right. I'm excited to talk about that. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm excited to talk about linebackers. And it kind of lines up perfectly because today, actually, we have the linebackers that arrived yesterday for check-in are talking to the media. Now, two linebackers that everybody wants to hear from and talk to are Ohio State linebackers. And I monitor this very closely. every single year, the guys that go to the draft, the guys that are highly |
| 0:58.0 | coveted guys go to the draft, they all get asked about who should NFL people be looking |
| 1:03.4 | out for in the class behind them, like, who's up next? |
| 1:06.9 | And I was intrigued by their answers. |
| 1:08.4 | So I want to discuss that and then kind of tie Alieggro into that. |
| 1:11.7 | But it looks like just real quick. |
| 1:13.4 | And I am, I haven't said before it. |
| 1:16.8 | Arvara Reese is doing everything. |
| 1:18.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.6 | And it feels like a lot of the top dogs, Zach, are competing. |
| 1:23.5 | I love that. |
| 1:25.3 | And I think it always should be that way. |
| 1:27.3 | I don't, I think it's absolute. When people sit out of drills and sit out at 40s, it's like, what are you afraid of? Like your film speaks for itself. I understand the business side of it, why they do it, absolutely understand it or maybe they're not, you know, not a great tester or their 40 time can only hurt them, not going to help him. You look at a guy like Arvel, he's projected top five. Like, what the fucks he need to work out for? But he's going to do it anyways. I love that kind of dog mentality. Well, and think about where he went to high school, dude, like I'd be shocked if anybody from from Glenville decided not to test. this this is kind of like a moment for them. |
| 2:02.5 | I don't know. |
| 2:03.0 | I mean, Ted to be senior would probably like you got to go test. |
| 2:06.5 | But like he's testing. |
| 2:08.3 | Sonny's testing. |
| 2:10.5 | Dude, Jeremiah Love is testing. |
| 2:12.9 | Yeah. |
| 2:13.7 | And that's one that's rare because usually RB1s never test because their bodies take the longest amount of time to recover, but he didn't plan in playoffs. Yeah, but I think he knows those numbers are only going to help him. Oh, yeah. As much, I don't know how much help you can get because he's going to be RB1. They're mocking him top 10, dude. You know who they think he's going to go to? A lot of the mock drafts. |
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