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Ohio State football: Five players on offense poised for a breakout in 2023

Who do you think breaks out on the national scene? #GoBucks

With fall camp starting for [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] Thursday, one can only dream of what to expect during the season.

Like every year in college football, there is plenty of turnover, but one thing we know about the Buckeyes, they don’t rebuild, they reload. Multiple stars from the 2022 team have gone on to the NFL, but Ohio State isn’t short of talented players waiting in the wings.

This season, there are more than a few non-returning starting spots open, so there will be new names we’ll see on Saturdays making an impact. Here are five Buckeyes that I believe will have breakout seasons and become household names on the offensive side of the ball.

Don’t worry, we’ll hit the defense next.

Is Ohio State going after an offensive tackle who recently entered the portal?

An intriguing player for Ohio State to potentially grab from the portal #GoBucks

One of the biggest questions marks surrounding the 2023 [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] football team is at offensive tackle after Paris Johnson Jr. and Dawand Jones left early for the NFL.

There are plenty of in-house options in [autotag]Zen Michalski[/autotag], [autotag]Tegra Tshabola[/autotag], and [autotag]Josh Fryar[/autotag]. What’s missing from this group is experience and that is something that is extremely important in the position.

Texas A&M freshman [autotag]Matthew Wykoff [/autotag] recently entered the transfer portal and the question is will the Buckeyes pursue him?

Wykoff is coming off a freshman All-SEC campaign but at center where the need isn’t as large. The Texas native does have tackle size at 6-foot, 6-inches, and 330 pounds and was viewed as one during his recruitment.

Wykoff is an interesting option at the moment as the second window for transfers to sign opens this weekend, the 15, and will be open until the end of the month. Other true tackles most likely will enter the portal as well so it’s a wait-and-see if [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] and offensive line coach [autotag]Justin Frye[/autotag] will offer a scholarship.

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Two Ohio State redshirt freshmen lose black stripe

Tegra Tshebola and George Fitzpatrick are officially welcomed to the brotherhood! #GoBucks

Black stripe alert! Two redshirt freshmen lost their black stripes this week. Tegra Tshebola and George Fitzpatrick, both offensive linemen, have been welcomed to the brotherhood.

Tshabola was the top-rated lineman in Ohio coming out of Lakota West High School as part of the 2022 class. He saw limited action in his first season as a Buckeye before being redshirted for the remainder of the year.

Fitzpatrick, on the other hand, came from a little farther away. A native of Colorado, Fitzpatrick decided to head east to Columbus. The young man saw time in one game this past season before the decision came to redshirt.

Apparently, Fitzpatrick struggled a little last year according to offensive line coach Justin Frye. “George Fitzpatrick, last year, didn’t know what shoe was left and right and how to tie them,” Frye told reporters. “He got his black stripe off today. He’s playing better, just because he’s another year mature and bigger and stronger.”

Both players are battling for positions on the offensive line after the departures of Paris Johnson Jr. and Dawand Jones. Those will be big shoes to fill both literally and figuratively as Johnson and Jones are each expected to be selected in the first few rounds of the NFL draft.

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Current Ohio State offensive tackles ranked by the 247Sports composite

Ranking Ohio State offensive tackles by 247Sports recruiting composite #GoBucks

The Ohio State football team has 18 offensive linemen on scholarship and seven arrived in Columbus, Ohio, as offensive tackles. Now the Ohio State offensive line is in a state of flux, so some of these players may wind up on the interior, and some players that I list on the interior could be moved outside. Still, we are moving forward with how 247Sports had them listed as recruits.

The offensive tackle position will be exciting to watch this spring. The Buckeyes lost both Paris Johnson and Dawand Jones and will be hoping a youngster such as Tegra Tshabola steps up to the plate. Here is a ranking of the scholarship offensive tackles on the roster based on their 247Sports recruiting rankings.

Top ten Ohio State football recruits in the 2022 class

Top ten recruits in the 2022 class that could make an impact this season, and their scouting reports. #GoBucks

The 2022 college football season is coming up and even though most of the focus is on the returning studs like C.J. Stroud, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Paris Johnson Jr. — and rightfully so — it is still always fun diving into the possible future of the program.

Ohio State snagged a consensus top-five recruiting class and added a number of studs, and despite the defense playing less than ideal ball last season, they still snagged a number of playmakers on that side of the ball too. We here at Buckeyes Wire have been working all summer on some of the top recruits in this class and the following are the top five and a link to their scouting report.

Enjoy looking through what is widely considered the top ten commits that are incoming freshmen and the skinny on each for the 2022 season.

Tegra Tshabola locked in as Buckeye, will no longer visit Kentucky

Ohio State 2022 commitment Tegra Tshabola has reaffirmed his commitment to Ohio State and will no longer visit Kentucky.

The high-stakes game of big-time college football recruiting is here to stay it seems. Many of you may not remember these days, but it used to be that recruiting more or less happened behind the scenes unless something earth-shattering occurred. That’s clearly not the case today where everyone follows teenagers, and teenagers look to capitalize (and rightfully so) on their newfound fame.

Take the case of four-star Ohio State football verbal Tegra Tshabola. He has been committed to the Buckeyes since April of last year, but that seemed to be teetering a bit early this week. That’s because news surfaced that Tshabola was looking to take a visit to Kentucky because of some urging from his parents and academic questions.

Queue the smoke because there must be fire, right?

The Kentucky message boards lit up, infighting occurred on Twitter, and then people started making runs on gasoline (oh wait, wrong news item). The point is, it ended up being a bigger deal than what the world deserves these days. Okay, maybe not, after all, it is a brave new everything in the open universe we live in now.

But calm down folks. It now appears as though we can all stand down, stop the intravenous administration of energy drinks, and get some shut-eye. That’s because Tshabola came out and said he’s locked in as a Buckeye now and will no longer entertain visiting Kentucky.

OK. Now that we got that out of the way, in all honesty, this is pretty good news because Ohio State has lost a little momentum in the recruiting department, at least from a perception standpoint. The Buckeyes may have gotten two very underrated DBs to commit last week, but that doesn’t hit a home run in recruiting circles.

Georgia has caught the Buckeyes for the mythical top spot in the recruiting rankings, and OSU hasn’t landed a consensus four or five-star prospect since February. That seems like a long time when your measuring football practice facilities among friends.

OSU would really not like to deal with a defection to a kid that seems like about as hard of a commit to Ohio State as you can find.

We’ll keep our eyes on this, but right now, thankfully, there’s nothing to see. At least not any longer. Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

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Ohio State football lands second commitment for 2022 class

The recruiting train just keeps on steaming along for Ohio State. The Buckeyes landed their second commitment for the 2022 class Thursday.

In the midst of all the hubbub that was the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday, and all the preparations everyone was making, the Ohio State football team landed another commitment for its 2022 class. That’s right, despite still adding to an unbelievably talented 2021 recruiting cycle, the Buckeyes have now received two verbals over the last three days for the following season.

It’s still too early to take stock in where Tegra Tshabola stands in the composite rankings. However, the 6-foot, 6-inch, 320-pound offensive tackle out of Lakota West High School in West Chester, OH does have a rating by way of 247Sports own ranking. They have him as a four-star recruit and pegged as the second overall recruit in Ohio, sixth-best offensive tackle in the class, and No. 69 overall recruit in the entire class.

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OSU has had some serious lately on the recruiting trail, and with the program taking front and center stage during the NFL draft, it doesn’t figure to slow down anytime soon.

 

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