Which offensive positions does Ohio State football have a claim to 'Position U?'

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Ohio State is on a mission to be known as the king of every position in college football. Offensively, that journey towards being "Position U" has already made some strong statements in some places while needing a little more work in others. On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis discuss where those areas are on both ends of the spectrum. They analyze recruiting, player development, and NFL draft success under Ryan Day's coaching era. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and get the text: 614-350-3315. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, where you've been,
0:17.1	Buckeye talk is about to begin.
0:20.5	Hey, hey, hey, come on in. Ben, Buckeye Talk is about to begin.
0:24.9	Hey, hey, hey, come on in.
0:33.3	Welcome back to Buckeye Talk.
0:34.0	I'm Stephen Means.
0:36.3	That's Stefan Kreisnick, and that is Andrew Gillis.
0:55.6	The NFL draft is this week starting Thursday. It'll be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Ohio State looking to break some records, just so you're aware. Ohio State's record for most players drafted in one draft class is 14. They set that record in 2004, headlined by Will Smith as a first round draft pick. They had two other guys going the first round as well. That record stood until it was tied in 2020 by LSU's national
1:01.1	title team, headlined by Joe Burroughs, the number one pick in the NFL draft to the Cincinnati
1:05.1	Bengals. And then that record fell in the 2022 NFL draft, thanks to Georgia,
1:14.4	headline by Trayvon Walker going to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
1:18.0	And then last year, Michigan's 2024 draft class, they had 13, so they peaked around
1:23.5	that record as well.
1:24.8	Ohio State has a chance to break all of those things.
1:27.9	They've got 17 players in this NFL draft.
1:30.8	Their names are Wo Howard, Trayvion, Henderson, Quinsh, Jenkins, and Mecca, G. Scott,
1:34.9	Donovan, Jackson, Josh Simmons, Seth McLaughlin, Josh Friar, Jack Sawyer, J.T.
1:39.5	Toey Malowal-O-Wall, Ty Lee Williams, Ty Hamilton, Cody Simon, Denzel Burke, Jordan Hancock, and Lath and Ratham.
1:44.7	All but two of those guys got invited to the NFL Combine.
1:48.7	So that's already a good early test of, okay, can this actually happen?
1:52.4	Can Ohio State break that record?
1:54.0	So it's draft week.
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