Now that the college football season is over for Ohio State, it’s time to turn our attention towards those players that could declare for the 2021 NFL draft. This year is a unique one in the fact that any player that would have normally exhausted their college eligibility has the option of coming back for one more year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It’ll definitely make things interesting when it comes to conversations, depth charts, and the management of scholarships. It also means we’ve got more players included in this decision-making process because we just don’t know who might pull the trigger on that decision.
And for the Buckeyes, there’s not a lot of time to figure it all out since they were one of two teams that made it all the way to the end with an appearance in the College Football Playoff national championship game.
We thought we’d keep track of all of those players that are draft eligible and where they stand with their official decisions in one place. Guys like quarterback Justin Fields are likely gone, but there are some on the fence. As they announce, we will update it accordingly and continue to revisit it until we know what every OSU player is doing that has the option to go to the next level, or stay on the banks of the Olentangy.