Year in and year out, the Ohio State football program seems to have some of the best players in college football, In fact, we are now going on four-straight years that the Buckeyes have had a Heisman finalist in New York.
And while that doesn’t point to depth of talent on the roster, the fact that the Buckeyes churn out NFL players on the widget assembly line does. Make any list of top players in the game, and you are sure to find a little scarlet and gray hue to the rankings.
Such is the case with ESPN’s latest look at the top 100 college football players of 2022 (subscription required). We’re pretty sure you know a guy like C.J. Stroud is high atop this type of list, but the Buckeyes have four other players that made the rankings from the “worldwide leader” as well.
Here are the five players and what ESPN says about each as we count down to the lowest ranked up to the highest.