Ohio State’s 74-man travel roster for the season opener at Indiana includes 10 true freshmen.
Nine of Ohio State’s 21 scholarship players in the class of 2023 made the trip to Bloomington: quarterback Lincoln Kienholz, wide receivers Carnell Tate, Brandon Inniss and Noah Rogers, tight end Jelani Thurman, offensive tackle Luke Montgomery, defensive end/linebacker Arvell Reese, cornerback Jermaine Mathews and safety Malik Hartford. Walk-on punter Joe McGuire, who is also a true freshman, was one of two punters who made the trip.
McGuire is one of seven walk-ons on the travel roster along with quarterback Chad Ray, wide receiver David Adolph, tight end Patrick Gurd, safety Brenten “Inky” Jones, kicker Jayden Fielding (the starting kicker) and long snapper Max Lomonico.
There are no major surprise omissions from the opening-day travel roster as none of Ohio State’s expected major contributors are listed on the injury report for Saturday’s game. Wide receiver Kojo Antwi, guard Trey Leroux and linebacker Gabe Powers were the only non-freshman scholarship players that are not injured who did not make the trip.
The full list of players who made the trip to Bloomington:
Quarterbacks (5)
Devin Brown
Tristan Gebbia
Lincoln Kienholz
Kyle McCord
Chad Ray
Running Backs (5)
Dallan Hayden
TreVeyon Henderson
Evan Pryor
Chip Trayanum
Miyan Williams
Wide Receivers (9)
David Adolph
Jayden Ballard
Emeka Egbuka
Julian Fleming
Marvin Harrison Jr.
Brandon Inniss
Xavier Johnson
Noah Rogers
Carnell Tate
Tight End (5)
Patrick Gurd
Joe Royer
Gee Scott Jr.
Cade Stover
Jelani Thurman
Offensive Tackle (6)
George Fitzpatrick
Josh Fryar
Zen Michalski
Luke Montgomery
Josh Simmons
Tegra Tshabola
Guard (3)
Donovan Jackson
Matt Jones
Enokk Vimahi
Center (3)
Victor Cutler Jr.
Carson Hinzman
Jakob James
Defensive End (5)
Caden Curry
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
Mitchell Melton
Jack Sawyer
JT Tuimoloau
Defensive Tackle (6)
Mike Hall
Ty Hamilton
Hero Kanu
Tywone Malone
Jaden McKenzie
Tyleik Williams
Linebacker (6)
Reid Carrico
Steele Chambers
Tommy Eichenberg
C.J. Hicks
Arvell Reese
Cody Simon
Cornerback (7)
Jyaire Brown
Denzel Burke
Jordan Hancock
Davison Igbinosun
Jermaine Mathews
Lorenzo Styles Jr.
Ryan Turner
Safety (8)
Ja’Had Carter
Malik Hartford
Brenten “Inky” Jones
Cameron Martinez
Josh Proctor
Lathan Ransom
Kye Stokes
Sonny Styles
Kicker (2)
Jayden Fielding
Parker Lewis
Punter (2)
Joe McGuire
Jesse Mirco
Long Snapper (2)
John Ferlmann
Max Lomonico
