In 10 days, Ohio State will play Oregon State to open the 2018 season. Below, you will find a list of the 30 players who have worn No. 10 since 1933.

Today's featured players are Rex Kern, Art Schlichter, Joe Cooper, Troy Smith and Ryan Shazier.

Players Who Wore No. 10 At Ohio State

PLAYER	WORN	HEISMAN TROPHY	HONORED NUMBER	B1G MVP	TEAM MVP	AA	CAPT.	1R NFL	ALL B1G	AC AA	NFL DRAFT	AC B1G	LETTER
Carl Cramer	1933												1933
John Bettridge	1934-35												1934-35
Thomas Phillips	1937												1937
Carl Terry	1939
John Rosen	1941												1941
Paul Matus	1942
Tony Stranges	1944												1944
Michael Cannavino	1946-48												1946-48
Ray Hamilton	1949-51												1949-51
Kenneth Ledman	1955
Rex Kern	1968-70					1969	1970				1971	1970	1968-70
Mark Lang*	1974-75												1974-75
Keith Saunders	1977												1977
Art Schlichter	1978-81						1981	1982	1979, 1981				1978-81
Rich Spangler	1982-85												1982-85
Derek Isaman*	1986-89								1989				1986-89
David McAllister	1988
Dave Houston	1989
Jenova McLellan	1990
Joel Kessel	1992												1992
Tom Hoying	1993-97											1994, 1995, 1996, 1997	1996-97
Joe Cooper*	1998-2001						2001, 2001		2000				1998-2001
Troy Smith	2002-06	2006	2014	2006	2006	2006	2006		2006		2007	2003	2003-06
Devon Torrence*	2007-09												2008-09
Corey Brown	2010-13						2013						2010-13
Ryan Shazier*	2011-13					2013		2014	2012, 2013				2011-13
Jalyn Holmes*	2014-15												2014-15
Joe Burrow	2015-17											2016, 2017	2016-17
Amir Riep	2017-18
Daniel Vanatsky	2018												1995-98

*Wore another number at Ohio State
Did not earn a varsity letter while wearing No. 10

Rex Kern, QB (1968-1970)
Born: 1949 (Lancaster, Ohio)
High School: Lancaster

Ohio State
The Buckeyes were 27-2 with Kern on the team.
1968 National Champion.
1970 National Champion.
1968 Big Ten Title.
1969 Big Ten Title.
1970 Big Ten Title.
1969 Defeated No. 2 USC 27-16 in the Rose Bowl.
Defeated That Team in 1968 (50-14) and 1970 (20-9).

Honors
1970 Captain.
1970 Academic All-Big Ten.
1969 All-American.
1969 Rose Bowl MVP.
1978 Inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.
2000 Named to the Ohio State All-Century Team.
2007 Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Kern's senior bio per The Ohio State Team Guide:

6-0, 184...from Lancaster, Ohio...Perhaps the best quarterback ever to play at Ohio State...a master of the broken play with a rare ability to improvise...netted 541 yards rushing as a sophomore and 583 yards last season, including pass losses.

A gifted ball handler and faker...an inspirational athlete who can break a game open with a run or a pass...a natural leader, Kern is a lay minister in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Holds the Ohio State career total offense record with 3,091 yards in just two seasons...a strong candidate for all-American and Heisman Award honors.

Holds a rare distinction of winning all-Ohio honors in football, basketball and baseball.

Kern's Ohio State career per The Ohio State Team Guide:

With Rex Kern at the helm, Ohio State rolled to a 27-2 record, won the 1968 national championship, captured two Big Ten titles and played in two Rose Bowls. To win the national 
championship, Kern led OSU to a 27-16 win over Southern California in the Rose Bowl. He was named the game’s Most Outstanding Player.

Additionally, the Buckeyes narrowly missed out on the 1969 and ’70 wire service national championships, losing the final game in both of those years after being ranked No. 1 going into their respective season finales.

In 1969, he was named an All-American. In 1970, he was elected team captain. Kern’s statistics, as impressive as they were, tell just half the story. The fiery redhead was an emotional leader 
who displayed a penchant for making big plays when most needed.

He was a winner in every sense of the word. Earning three degrees from Ohio State, he played four seasons in 
the NFL.

He was elected to the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

Art Schlichter, QB (1978-1981)
Born: 1960 (Washington Court House, Ohio)
High School: Miami Trace

Ohio State
​The Buckeyes were 36-11-1 with Schichter on the team.
1979 Big Ten Title.
1981 Big Ten Title.
1981 Defeated Navy 31-28 to win the Liberty Bowl.
1979 Defeated That Team 18-15.
1981 Defeated That Team 14-9.

Honors
1981 Captain.
1981 All-Big Ten.
1979 All-Big Ten.

Schlichter's senior bio per The Ohio State Team Guide:

6-2, 200...from Bloomingburg, Ohio...Art Schlichter may well be the best quarterback in Ohio State football history. His record of accomplishments with the Buckeyes is second to none.

Schlichter has started every game since entering Ohio State as a freshman in 1978. He has virtually re-written the Ohio State record book for passing even though he still has a season to go. Art is a winner. In high school his Miami Trace teams did not lose a game in which he started at quarterback and this covered three and one half seasons.

Schlichter's career at Ohio State began when Woody Hayes was coach. Woody frequently  stated he believed, "Art Schichter could become the best quarterback to play at Ohio State before he is through."

Coach Earle Bruce has some perceptive remarks. "Art has all the basic ingredients for a great quarterback: size, speed, toughness, leadership qualities, courage, intelligence and great, great desire. he can throw deep, with accuracy, has quick feet and can run the option. He can drop back, he can roll out and he can read defenses. And let me tell you this, Art Schlichter is a winner."

Schlichter's Ohio State career per Wikipedia:

A native of Bloomingburg, Ohio, Schlichter was a star at Miami Trace High School, when his gambling habit began with a visit to Scioto Downs, a harness racing track near Columbus, Ohio.

It remained his favorite track over the years.

Schlichter was a four-year starter at The Ohio State University. He was the last starting quarterback for legendary Buckeyes coach Woody Hayes.

In fact, Schlichter threw the interception that lost the game and led to Hayes' assault on Clemson defensive guard Charlie Bauman in the 1978 Gator Bowl—an act that led to his firing the next day.

Schlichter finished in the top six of Heisman Trophy balloting during his last three years—fourth in his sophomore year, sixth as a junior and fifth in his senior year. He nearly led the Buckeyes to the national championship in 1979, and left the school as its career leader in total offense.

Schlichter finished his four years at OSU with 7,547 passing yards and 50 touchdown passes, with 46 interceptions. He also rushed for 1,303 yards and 35 touchdowns.

During his college career, he was frequently spotted at Scioto Downs with a big-time Ohio gambler. Although the Columbus, Ohio and OSU police departments became suspicious, the athletic department felt it lacked enough evidence to go to the NCAA about the matter.

On several occasions he was seen at the track with Hayes' successor as head coach, Earle Bruce, a fact which helped cover up early problems emerging while Schlichter was at Ohio State."

Gambling and Trouble:

The Gambler
Over the years, Schlichter has, by his own count, committed more than 20 felonies. He gambled away much of his NFL, Arena League and radio salaries.

Whenever he ran low on money to support his gambling, he stole and conned it from friends and strangers, and frequently passed bad checks.

In a 2007 interview for ESPN's Outside the Lines, he estimated that he'd stolen $1.5 million over the years, if not more.

The habit eventually cost him his marriage; his wife left him in 1994 after FBI agents raided their home in Las Vegas in search of money he'd stolen. According to her, Schlichter gambled it away.

On February 9, 2011, reports emerged that Schlichter was under investigation for fraud.

Schlichter was charged with a first-degree felony in connection with the theft of more than $1 million on February 14, 2010.

On September 15, 2011 Schlichter was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his involvement in a million-dollar ticket scam.

While under house arrest awaiting assignment to a state prison, Schlichter tested positive for cocaine while serving a house arrest sentence on federal charges resulting from the same case (and while still on probation from his Indiana sentence) on January 19, 2012.

As a result of the positive drug test, Schlicter was sentenced to 10 years, 7 months in federal prison (up from an original 8 years, 4 months sentence originally agreed to on the fraud case) to be served concurrently with the Ohio sentence, plus $2.2 million in restitution; the Indiana probation was canceled with the federal sentence.

Joe Cooper, LB (1998-2001)
Born: 1979 (Columbus)
High School: Independence

Ohio State
​The Buckeyes were 32-16 with Cooper on the team.
1998 Big Ten Title.
1999 Defeated Texas A&M 24-14 to win the Sugar Bowl.
Defeated That Team 31-16 in 1998.
Defeated That Team 26-20 in 2001.

Honors
2001 Captain.
2000 Captain.
2000 voted co-Most Inspirational Player.
2000 All-Big Ten.

Cooper's senior bio per The Ohio State Team Guide:

6-0, 225...from Columbus...Returns, somewhat unexpectedly, after receiving an additional year of eligibility from the NCAA per rule 14.3.3.3...will be in his second year as a starter at WILL (weak side) linebacker and his second year as a co-captain...his presence definitely strengthens an already solid position.

Won First-Team All-Big Ten honors and landed a spot on the third team of the Associated Press All-American team...a vocal and emotional player...selected by his teammates as co-captain to start the 2000 season and recognized again by his teammates at the postseason banquet as Co-Most Inspirational Player.

Was the leading tackler among non-starters in both 1998 and 1999...also a very good special teams player...has played in 36 consecutive games and has been a playmaker throughout his career.

Selected as the Division II Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press...35 sacks as a senior in high school.

Cooper granted a 5th season of eligibility per ohiostatebuckeyes.com:

"I am very happy for Joe Cooper," Jim Tressel, Ohio State head football coach, said. "I think it says a lot about Joe Cooperthe person that he has put himself in position to receive his degree from this great institution. I know that when he walks across the stage to receive his diploma, it will be one of the most special days of his life.

"Of course I am happy, too, that Joe will be with us next year as one of our leaders, but the most important thing is that with the additional year of structure here, he will receive his degree."

"I want to thank Ohio State, especially Mr. Geiger and the people in the Student-Athlete Support Services Office, for their help in this matter," Cooper said. "I also want to thank my family for their continued support. They have been there for me every step of the way and I wouldn't be here today without their love and understanding.

"My four years here have been four of the best years of my life and I am excited about the opportunity to receive my degree and play another year of football."

[...]

He has since played in 36-consecutive games, starting all 12 games this past season at linebacker. Cooper finished the 2000 campaign with 80 tackles, the second highest total on the team. The Buckeye co-captain and co-Most Inspirational Player was named to the All-Big Ten team and landed a third-team spot on the Associated Press All-America team. 

Troy Smith, QB (2002-06)
Born: 1984 (Columbus)
High School: Glenville

Ohio State
​The Buckeyes were 53-9 with Smith on the team.
2002 National Champion (redshirt freshman)
2005 Big Ten Title.
2006 Big Ten Title.
2004 Defeated No. 8 Kansas State 35-28 to win the Fiesta Bowl (back-up to Craig Krenzel)
2004 Defeated Oklahoma State 33-7 to win the Alamo Bowl (was suspended for the game).
2006 Defeated No. 5 Notre Dame 34-20 to win the Fiesta Bowl.
2006 Defeated No. 2 Texas 24-7 in Austin.
Went 3-1 against That Team: 2004 (37-21), 2005 (25-21) and 2006 (42-39).

Honors
2014 Jersey Number Honored.
2006 Captain.
2006 Heisman Trophy.
2006 Walter Camp Award.
2006 Davey O'Brien Award.
2006 Team MVP.
2006 Sporting News Player of the Year.
2006 AP Player of the Year.
2006 Big Ten MVP.
2006 All-American.
2006 All-Big Ten.
2006 Fiesta Bowl MVP.
2003 Academic All-Big Ten.

Smith's senior bio per The Ohio State Team Guide:

6-1, 215...from Cleveland...Arguably the finest all-around quarterback in college football and unquestionably one of the game's most dynamic leaders...a preseason favorite for the Heisman Trophy and will almost certainly be in the running for first-team All-America recognition.

Has a strong, accurate arm, is a dangerous runner and excels at keeping the play alive...is mentally tough, very competitive and spends countless hours studying film...coming off a sensational junior campaign in which he led the Buckeyes to a 10-2 record, a share of the Big Ten championship and seven consecutive victories to end the season.

Has fashioned a 13-2 record as a starter and is at his best in big games or when the pressure is on...rolled u 337 yards in total offense against Michigan last year and followed that up six weeks later with 408 yards against Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.

Has a chance to join Tippy Dye (1934-36) as the only Ohio State quarterback to lead their teams to three consecutive wins over Michigan...ran for 145 yards against Michigan as a sophomore to become the first Ohio State quarterback since Rod Gerald in 1977 to top the 100-yard mark on the ground.

 Played his first two years of high school football at Lakewood St. Edward, but transferred to Glenville as a senior...threw for 969 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior, leading Glenville to the state playoffs...played three years of basketball and ran track (high jump, long jump and 1,600 meter relay).

Troy Smith's Ohio State career per The Ohio State Team Guide:

Troy Smith may not have been Ohio State’s star recruit in the spring of 2002, but by the end of the 2006 football season there were few Buckeyes with a brighter aura.

A standout quarterback at Cleveland Glenville High School, the 6-0 Smith was renowned for his athletic ability and mental toughness. But his lack of size was a concern for some college recruiters.

Not so for Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel. “The one thing I knew for sure after seeing Troy play in high school was that I wanted him on our team,” Tressel said. “There was something special about the way he carried himself.

“I didn’t know if he was going to play quarterback or some other position, but I knew I wanted him on our side.”
A gifted runner and passer, Smith was redshirted as a freshman in 2002 and saw limited action the following year, appearing in 10 games at slash back and returning kickoffs.

The talented sophomore broke into the 2004 starting lineup in week seven and led the Buckeyes to a 4-1 record down the stretch, including a 37-21 win over Michigan in which he accounted for three touchdowns and 386 yards in total offense.

In 2005, Smith guided the Buckeyes to a 10-2 record that included a thrilling come-from-behind victory at Michigan and a decisive win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. Smith threw for 16 touchdowns and rushed for 11 more in his first full season as a starter.

But the Cleveland native saved his best for last, piloting the No. 1
ranked Buckeyes to a 12-0 regular season record and a spot in the national championship game as a senior in 2006. With one remarkable performance after another, he threw for a school single-season record 30 touchdowns and became just the second quarterback in Ohio State history to post a 3-0 record against Michigan as a starter.

In a see-saw 42-39 win over the Wolverines, Smith threw four touchdown passes and topped the 300-yard mark in total offense for the third consecutive year.

Following the regular season, the consensus All-American was a
landslide winner in the Heisman Trophy voting, recording the second largest margin of victory ever in the balloting. In becoming Ohio State’s seventh Heisman winner, Smith, who recorded a 25-3 record as a starter had eliminated any-and-all doubters.

He will enter the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Ryan Shazier, LB (2011-13)
Born: 1992 (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
High School: Plantation

Ohio State
​The Buckeyes were 30-9 with Shazier on the team.
2012 Big Ten Leaders Title.
2013 Big Ten Leaders Title.
Went 2-1 against That Team: 2012 (26-21) and 2013 (43-42).

Honors
2013 All-American.
2013 All-B1G.
2012 All-B1G.

Shazier's junior bio per The Ohio State Team Guide:

6-2, 222...from Pompano Beach, FL...Ryan Shazier is coming off back-to-back superb seasons for the Buckeyes and his efforts, highlighted by the fact he ranked among the Big Ten's Top 10 in five different defensive stat categories in 2012, have this true junior positioned as a linebacker to watch nationally in 2013.

He became the first Buckeye sophomore since James Laurinaitis in 2006 to top 100 tackles in a season, and his 70 solo tackles last year was the most by a Buckeye in 10 years (Matt Wilhelm had 79 in 2002).

Ryan was an all-state linebacker for Plantation HS...he had 87 tackles, 19.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and four blocked kicks as a senior...named Broward County most outstanding player...totaled 35.5 career sacks, a school best...played in Under Armour All-American Game.

Shazier's Ohio State career per ohiostatebuckeyes.com:

Ryan Shazier, a true junior, opted to enter the NFL Draft at the conclusion of his junior season ... he finished his career ranking 15th at Ohio State with 315 total tackles ... ranks sixth all-time in school history in career solo tackles (208) and career tackles-for-loss (44.5) and was on pace to set school records in both had he stayed for his senior season ...

led the team in tackles in 2012 and 2013 to join an elite list of players, including James Laurinaitis, A.J. Hawk, Chris Spielman and Pepper Johnson, to lead the team in tackles in consecutive years ... had 15 games with 10-or-more tackles ...

one of eight players chosen by teammates to represent the team as game captains in 2013 ... pursuing a degree in psychology. 

Junior Season: Ryan was the leader of an Ohio State defense that ranked ninth nationally against the run (109.4) ... named a first-team Associated Press All-American in 2013, a Butkus Award finalist and Bednarik and Lott award semifinalist ...

USA Today, ESPN.com and Sports Illustrated also named Shazier a first-team All-American in 2013 ... he tied Big Ten records with three conference defensive player of the week honors during his junior year and with five for his career ... was twice named the Lott IMPACT Trophy national player of the week ...

ranked third nationally in tackles-for-loss (22.5) and he ranked second nationally in solo tackles with 101 (both totals are third-most in Ohio State history) ... he also lead the Big Ten with 143 total tackles, a figure good for 15th nationally ... had a 20-tackle performance vs. Indiana that tied school records for solo tackles (16) and tackles-for-loss (5) ... game was first 20-tackle game by a Buckeye since 2004 (A.J. Hawk vs. Wisconsin)...season stats also featured six quarterback sacks, six "hurries," four pass break-ups and four forced fumbles. 

Articles on Shazier's injury and comeback.

No. 10 In The NFL Draft

NAME	YEAR	ROUND	PICK	POSITION	TEAM
REX KERN	1971	10	260	QB	COLTS
ART SCHLICHTER	1982	1	4	QB	COLTS
TROY SMITH	2007	5	174	QB	RAVENS
RYAN SHAZIER	2014	1	15	LB	STEELERS
JALYN HOLMES*	2018	4	102	DE	VIKINGS

*Wore No. 11 when drafted.

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93 days until The Game.