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Throughout the next few months, BuckeyeNation will look further into those juniors offered by Ohio State. We'll give as much detail as we can and go behind the scenes to see why these Class of 2014 standouts are so attractive to the Buckeyes. Next on...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With spring practice in the books and Ohio State heading into its offseason conditioning program, BuckeyeNation is looking at the players who boosted their stock with the program the most during those 15 workouts. The offense went f...

John Simon flourished at the LEO position in the Ohio State defense in 2012. The standup defensive end recorded 44 tackles -- 14.5 for loss -- nine sacks and forced a fumble in his nine games for Ohio State. The next in line for the Buckeyes are...

Sometimes the numbers really do say it all. In leading Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic to its fourth consecutive 5A state championship, defensive end Dylan Thompson finished the season with 92 tackles -- 19 for loss -- 7.5 sacks and four forced fum...

Mike Vrabel enters only his third season in coaching following a 14-year NFL playing career, but the Ohio State assistant might never again face a challenge like the one that sits before him. It's rare when a defensive line coach steps on the prac...

If Urban Meyer had placed a banner with the words "The Chase" in Ohio State's indoor practice facility last spring, he might have been asked, "For what?" Sure, football players are always chasing something, as Meyer noted Tuesday when asked about ...

With national signing day in the books, the next big date on the Ohio State calendar as it continues working toward an encore in 2013 of an undefeated season is spring practice. Before those workouts begin, BuckeyeNation will take a look at each posi...

It all turned around when.... Successful college programs often can point to a specific time when their program got a shot in the arm to get things rolling. Unquestionably, when Urban Meyer took over the helm for Ohio State it took the Buckeyes i...

Heading into the new year and offseason workouts, BuckeyeNation will look at some holes left by the departing Ohio State veterans and potential candidates to fill them. DEFENSIVE END Who: Within the Ohio State locker room or around the Big Ten...

I believed Johnathan Hankins when he said last summer that he wanted to help Ohio State win a championship. But some NFL draft decisions are made for you. And when you're a virtual lock in the top 15 of the draft, you make the jump, no questions a...

Rider-promoter Keith Sayers builds up his FMX demo business

The key is finding a spot in the first four. Michael Bennett doesn't care which one. The sophomore defensive lineman is comfortable playing inside at tackle or sliding out to end, along with the ability to pull off a transition like that. And w...

Just a hunch, but Urban Meyer won't be making many friends within the Big Ten, both on the field and on the recruiting trail. Consider what went down Monday afternoon/evening. Meyer received commitments from two top recruits who had committed to o...

Today ESPN.com's recruiting experts take a look back on the 2011 ESPNU 150 class -- our list of the top prospects in the country -- and see how they fare in their rookie seasons. It's way too early to make judgments about these players' careers. B...

The hits keep coming for Ohio State as coach Luke Fickell said Tuesday that defensive end Nathan Williams likely will miss the rest of the season with a left knee injury. Williams has been out since sustaining the injury in Ohio State's season ope...

The future seems fairly uncertain for Luke Fickell and the Ohio State Buckeyes these days, but they'll get a glimpse of it Saturday night against Miami. Fickell will send a very young defensive line against Jacory Harris and the Hurricanes. Ohio S...