Buckeye Battle Cry Series: Best Ohio State football player to wear No. 22

Who was Ohio State’s best player to wear each jersey number. We’ve been on a quest to debate that and are up to jersey No. 22.

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I can’t argue with this one at all. Anytime you bring home a national championship and Heisman Trophy in the same year, someone is going to have to do some otherworldly things to top it. And then, you start looking at the players that wore No. 22 and nobody comes close.

Just for voting purposes, we’ll put up running back Leo Hayden from the 1968-70. He was pretty good in his own right and was selected by the Vikings in the first round of the NFL draft.

There aren’t too many recent Buckeyes to even be a part of the conversation. So, it’s Horvath in a runaway really. He helped build the Ohio State brand into what it is today, and many more came through the tunnel in the Horseshoe because of the foundation he laid.

I wish I had more, but this one is pretty simple.

 

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