We do this on multiple occasions throughout the offseason, and now that we are one week away from seeing YOUR Ohio State Buckeyes on the gridiron in a real, live game, it’s time to make a final call on the football team’s two-deep depth chart. We already projected the offense, now it’s time to look at the defensive side of the ball.
While everyone might be interested in whether Kyle McCord or Devin Brown will get the starting nod under center, how well Jim Knowles and staff reshapes the defense will have just as much of an impact on how far the Buckeyes will go in 2023.
From a secondary that looks to be more talented and deep, to a front seven that should create havoc for opposing offenses, to the specialists, here’s how we believe the Ohio State depth chart will look on defense this fall.