Defensive Ends
Chase young (2017-2019)
Joey Bosa (2013-2015)
There were really three guys pretty close here. You had both the Bosa brothers and the Heisman finalist and program’s single-season sack record-holder, Chase Young. We went with the Predator for one spot, then it was a close call, but the older Bosa did more in his career at Ohio State than Nick, whose time at OSU had some injuries associated with it.
Defensive Tackles
Michael Bennett (2011-2014)
Johnathan Hankins (2010-2012)
If there’s any position group over the last decade that’s had more depth than any other, it’s on the defensive line. The ends get all the glory, but the guys in the middle were pretty good too. There weren’t as many elite top-end guys clogging things up around the edge rushers, but there were a bunch of really good ones that brought their lunch pale and got it done almost every year.
We went with the best on the interior of the line during the national title run of 2014 by selecting Michael Bennett, and took a guy from the beginning of the decade that was arguably the best D-lineman in the Big Ten in 2011 and 2012, “Big Hank,” Johnathan Hankins.