Ohio State adds long snapper as preferred walk on

It’s nice to be able to add a specialist to an already stacked class. Ohio State just added a preferred walk-on to its 2021 class.

The long snapper on a football team is one you rarely ever hear about and if you do it’s usually for all the wrong reasons. Even though it’s not a high profile position, it is nonetheless a very important spot, to say the least.

On that note, Mason Arnold has accepted an invitation to join the Ohio State football team as a preferred walk-on at long snapper. Arnold is from the Tampa, Florida area, but has ties to Ohio with family from both Columbus and Cleveland.

Arnold is also a pretty good wrestler, competing for a state championship twice as in his high school career. He is currently 18-0 and hoping to cap off that career with a state title in 2021. One of his high school wrestling coaches, Eric Smith, wrestled for the Buckeyes as well.

Arnold has played on both the defensive and offensive lines in high school but will look to hone his skills mainly as a long snapper at Ohio State.

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