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NY Giants sign former Ohio State wide receiver Austin Mack from practice squad

The New York Giants announced the signing of former Ohio State wide receiver Austin Mack from the practice squad Tuesday.

We’ve got another former Ohio State player now on an active NFL roster. The New York Giants announced that wide receiver Austin Mack has been signed from the practice squad Tuesday.

Mack was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Giants after the 2020 NFL Draft, but did not originally make the active roster. Instead, he was signed to the practice team where he has been after all the NFL rosters were cut down to the final 53-man version.

But it was apparent that Mack impressed during minicamp and many had him projected to make the team. It was not meant to be, but by the Giants signing him to a deal, they still had access to him. It now appears as though the team is ready to see what he can do.

To make room for Mack, the Giants released wide receiver Damion Ratley. It’s unclear just how much Mack will be used, but it’ll be fun to find out next when he travels to Washington to face former Ohio State teammates Chase Young, Terry McLaurin.

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Buckeyes in the NFL: Browns’ Denzel Ward seals game against Cowboys with INT

With the Dallas Cowboys making a furious rally in the 4th quarter, Browns’ DB Denzel Ward intercepted a Dak Prescott pass to seal the win.

The Cleveland Browns got a huge victory against “America’s Team” on Sunday. They seem to be getting things together and now stand at 3-1 on the young season.

The offense was popping and the Browns got out to a big lead, but then Dallas began to reel things back in as the 4th quarter moved on. It looked like things were going to be a nip and tuck affair, one that Cleveland has found a way to lose in the past, but former Ohio State defensive back Denzel Ward wasn’t having it.

The Cowboys still would have needed another score, but they were on the doorstep at the 8-yard line about to score when Ward stepped in front of a Dak Prescott pass for a game-clinching interception with just 1:36 left in the game and the Browns up by 11. It sealed what could be a season-turning 49-38 victory in Big D.

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Thanks to the Cleveland Browns Twitter account, you can watch Ward’s clutch play by watching the below video.

 

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Buckeyes in the NFL: Dwayne Haskins, Terry McLaurin hook up on bomb against Ravens

Former Ohio State and current Washington teammates Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaurin connected on a diving, 39-yard bomb against the Ravens.

Former Ohio State players Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaurin are using some of that Buckeye mojo they formed in Columbus and transferring it to our nation’s capital.

In case you missed it, the former Buckeye quarterback slung the ball all over the field today. He ended up throwing the ball 45 times, completing 32 of them for 314 yards. There weren’t any touchdowns this time around, but he did connect with McLaurin on a 39-yard pass that fell just short of the end zone on the 3-yard line.

Click on the below shared to the Twitter account of Ohio State Football and watch McLaurin adjust and make a diving catch of Haskins’ rainbow down the field.

WATCH: Ezekiel Elliott takes swing pass, takes on multiple Rams’ defenders for TD

Former Ohio State and current Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott pulled took on several Rams’ defenders for his first TD of 2020.

We’ve seen feats of mere mortals before, and we’ve seen feats of what seems like a superhuman Ezekiel Elliott. Just when you think he’s cornered, he turns on the gas and stretches, glitches, and leaps opposing defenders in a single bound — well maybe a few moves.

We just saw another one Sunday night when the Cowboys traveled to Los Angeles to take on the Rams. While the Dallas defense had a hard time stopping the Ram offense early on, Zeke had no problem leveling up against their defense.

On one play in particular, Elliott took a swing pass on the flat from out of the backfield and cut upfield, got hemmed in, then unleashed a cutback, burst, and bullrush into the end zone. It was the Cowboy running back’s first TD of 2020 and went for 19 yards this time.

Watch as the former Ohio State star puts on a clinic on how to create a highlight of your best work below.

Well done Zeke. I’d say we’re surprised, but I’ve stopped raising my eyebrows at things he does anymore.

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WATCH: Chargers’ Joey Bosa sacks Bengals’ Joe Burrow

Former Ohio State players had a collision encounter on the football field when Joey Bosa was able to bring down Joe Burrow for a sack.

There is sure to be plenty of times former Ohio State players meet on an NFL football field this fall. With roughly 50 former Buckeyes on rosters across the league and almost 30 starters, we’ve already been busy keeping up with all the action in week one.

From Dwayne Haskins slinging his first TD of the year, to J.K. Dobbins notching his first NFL career score, to Chase Young breaking the seal on his sack assault on Sundays, the highlights have been plenty.

Some meetings are simply a situation of appearing on the same football field together, but the one between former Buckeyes Joey Bosa and Joe Burrow meant something much more. It was a close encounter collision on the football field when the older Bosa bullied his way into Cincinnati’s backfield and tracked down Burrow and brought him to the ground for a sack.

Watch the encounter below thanks to the video shared by the Los Angeles Chargers.

Welcome back to Ohio Joey.

 

Former Ohio State DE Chase Young records first career NFL sack

Former Ohio State and current Washington DE Chase Young recorded his first career NFL sack against the Eagles. It was vintage Young.

Former Ohio State and current Washington defensive end Chase Young is already a problem in the NFL. It took all of less than a complete quarter for the former Heisman finalist to take down his first NFL QB.

And it was vintage Young. On a 3rd and 5 opportunity for the Philadelphia Eagles, he showed off his explosiveness and strength by pulling off a spin move, then bulldozing his way into the backfield where he took down Eagles’ quarterback Carson Wentz, causing a fumble that was retained by the Eagles.

In case you didn’t see this memorable first for the reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, you can watch it by clicking on the below video tweet shared by The Checkdown.

Well done Chase. We’re going to go out on a limb and say this won’t be the last sack we see from Young this year. Heck, we might even see another before Sunday ends.

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Jeff Okudah listed as backup on first unofficial Detroit Lions depth chart

Former Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah is listed as a backup on the Detroit Lions’ first unofficial depth chart.

Former Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah will have to wait for his first career start in the NFL.

The unofficial depth chart was released by the Detroit Lions on Thursday and Okudah is listed as a backup behind five-year veteran Justin Coleman. In fact, all throughout preseason camp, Okudah was repping most of the time with the No. 2s rather than on with the first string.

And while many would have thought it a foregone conclusion that Okudah would elbow his way into the starting lineup immediately as the No. 3 overall pick, making that jump from college to the NFL at the cornerback position isn’t as easy as one would think. It now looks like the team will be patient and ease Okudah into his career.

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It was also a revelation on Thursday that Okudah suffered a slight hamstring pull and was limited in practice. Even more reason to not rush things with a guy that has all the tools to be an All-Pro type player on the backend of the defense at the game’s highest level.

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Ohio State has second-most former players of any program on active NFL rosters

After NFL teams trimmed things down this weekend, Ohio State ended up with the second-most former players on active NFL rosters.

There are a lot of measurables you can use for how dominant of a college football program Ohio State is. One of those is how many players it not only churns out to the NFL (hint, it’s a lot) but how many have staying power and remain productive on rosters.

We recently did a piece highlighting every single former Ohio State player on active rosters across the NFL and it took a while to put together. Not because we spent countless hours designing graphics or searching for images to use, but because there is a whopping 50 total Buckeyes on collective 53-man NFL rosters right now.

If that sounds like a lot, it is. In fact, according to ESPN Stats and Info, there’s only one program that has that beat, Alabama. The Tide have the Buckeyes beat by five players which is pretty significant, but no other team comes close to those two monster NFL factories. LSU is a distant third with 42 players.

Rounding out the top eight are Florida (39), Penn State (34), Michigan (33), Georgia (32), and Miami (31).

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With so much talent playing at the next level, it’s no wonder Ohio State has been one of the top two or three programs in college football over the last ten years.

And with the recruiting classes still coming, there’s no end in sight.

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ESPN ranks Bosa brothers as two of top ten NFL edge rushers for 2020

ESPN is previewing the 2020 NFL season. Both Joey and Nick Bosa appear in ESPN’s ranking of the top ten NFL edge rushers for 2020.

As a part of the preview to the 2020-2021 NFL season, ESPN has been ranking the top ten players at each position. As you would expect, former Ohio State players are well-represented — especially when it comes to edge-rushing defensive ends (subscription required) in the league.

In fact, of the ten ranked by the worldwide leader in sports programming, two former Buckeyes are listed, and yes, they lived in the same household. Both Nick and Joey Bosa appear as two of the best ten quarterback chasers in the NFL according to votes tabulated from a panel by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

So why does ESPN believe the Bosa brothers are two of the best in the game, and where does he rank each?

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Four former Ohio State players and other NFL stars post powerful George Floyd video

Four former Ohio State players joined several other NFL stars in posting a powerful George Floyd video.

Seemingly the whole world is protesting over the tragic killing of George Floyd while in police custody just a little over a week ago, and the sports world is no different. Hopefully, some real change will come as a result of all the words, actions, and groundswell of support that is taking hold in this country and around the world.

The NFL has also gotten into the act. Truth be known, there wouldn’t be an NFL today without the inclusion of black athletes, or at least not nearly the product that it’s become.

Many stars of the league banded together and made a compelling, move to action video. In it, several household league names take turns asking “What if I were George Floyd?” All told, there are eighteen players that appear in the video, with four of them being former Ohio State players.

Ezekiel Elliott, Marshon Lattimore, Michael Thomas, and Chase Young all took time out to contribute to the video, which you can watch for yourself below.

In addition to the former OSU players, The following all took part: Patrick Mahomes, Davante Adams, Jamal Adams, Saquon Barkley, Anthony Barr, Odell Beckham, Ezekiel Elliott, Stephon Gilmore, DeAndre Hopkins, Eric Kendricks, Jarvis Landry, Marshon Lattimore, Tyrann Mathieu, Patrick Peterson, Sterling Shepard, Michael Thomas, Deshaun Watson and Chase Young.

Many current, former, and future Buckeyes have spoken out since the tragic event, and it’s great to see those at the next level doing it as well.

 

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