I don't know if everyone has heard, but there is an important game this Saturday. This is the 3rd and final "matchup" game of the regular season, meaning teams that have "similar" talent from a recruiting standpoint. Obviously no team is really competitive with OSU from a recruiting standpoint unless it is UGA or Alabama, but this is just an interesting comparison of starters for The Game. and yes, I KNOW, there is much more to any game than just recruiting rankings, as some players listed really out performed their recruiting ranking.
I did these overviews for the Notre Dame and Penn State games as well, and they are linked if you missed them. After we win on Saturday, I will do this for future playoff opponents.
higher rated player is highlighted, * rated at a different position
*as Ransom is injured, I am assuming the base defense will be Sonny is his spot alongside Josh, with Hancock the main NB, hence why Hartford is not listed*
OSU UM
QB: Kyle McCord (5 star, .9858) JJ McCarthy (5 star, .9866)
RB: TreVeyon Henderson (5 star, .9872) Blake Corum (4 star, .9419)
Chip Trayanum (4 star, .9017) Donovan Edwards (4 star,.9806)
WR: Marvin Harrison Jr. (4 star, .9583) Cornelius Johnson (4 star, .9294)
Emeka Egbuka (5 star, .9945) Roman Wilson (4 star, .8926)
Julian Fleming (5 star, .9979) Tyler Morris (4 star, .9462)
TE: Cade Stover (4 star, .9487) * Colston Loveland (4 star, .9011)
LT: Joshua Simmons (4 star, .8967) LaDarius Henderson (3 star, .8707)
LG: Donovan Jackson (5 star, .9900) Trevor Keegan (4 star, .9288)
C: Carson Hinzman (4 star, .9300) Drake Nugent (3 star, .8530)
RG: Matt Jones (4 star, .9652) Zak Zinter (4 star, .9064)
RT: Josh Fryar (3 star, .8776) Karsen Barnhart (4 star, .9097)
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Edge: JT Tuimoloau (5 star, .9989) Braiden McGregor ( 4 star, .9470)
Jack Sawyer (5 star, .9980) Jaylen Harrell ( 4 star, .9003)
DT: Tyleik Williams ( 4 star, .9288) Mason Graham (4 star, .9110)
or Kenneth Grant (3 star, .8881)
Mike Hall ( 4 star, .9742) Kris Jenkins (3 star, .8776)
LB: Tommy Eichenberg (4 star, .9005) Junior Colson (4 star, .9597)
Steele Chambers ( 4 star, .9126) * Michael Barrett (3 star, .8635) *
Base Nickel/Cover Safety/3rd LB:
Jordan Hancock (4 star, .9680) Mike Sainristil (3 star, .8785)
CB: Denzel Burke (4 star, .9213) Will Johnson (5 star, .9924)
Davison Igbinosun (4 star, .9363) Josh Wallace (unranked)
FS: Josh Proctor (4 star, .9640) Rod Moore (3 star, .8807)
SS: Sonny Styles (5 star, .9937) Makari Paige (4 star, .9108)
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Go Bucks
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for the Penn State game, this overview showed them only having 3 higher rated players. Notre Dame also only had 3 higher rated players. as you can see, Michigan only has 5.
