It seems like every column I now start with something along the lines of “we hope there’s a college football season,” or “as the COVID-19 pandemic puts the college football season in doubt,” but not this time. You know the story here, and where the world is at, so we’ll just forge ahead.
We’ve been keeping an eye on ESPN’s off-season posts and previews about the upcoming season and they’ve touched on a lot of topics when it comes to analyzing the teams’ in its preseason top 25 rankings. The latest piece (subscription required) is a look at which second-year players could have potentially breakout seasons. And with Ohio State ranked as ESPN’s No. 2 team preseason, there were some opinions on who that might entail on the banks of the Olentangy.
So who did Tom VanHaaren identify for the Buckeyes as potentially making a huge leap forward in 2020? Some guys you might agree with actually.