This Week In Twitter: Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson's Draft Stock Soars, Gene Smith Rows a Boat and Malaki Branham Declares for the NBA Draft

By 11W Staff on April 2, 2022 at 2:35 pm
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This Week in Twitter is a look at some of the week's best and most entertaining tweets from Buckeyeland and beyond.

Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson are projected to be first-round NFL draft picks. After a strong pro day performance at Ohio State, the Buckeyes wide receiver tandem continues to see their stock rise.

No idea why Gene Smith decided to take up rowing this week, but in his defense, there's not too many other Power Five athletic directors in their mid-60s supporting their women's rowing team in such a way, so good for him.  

Ohio State freshman Malaki Branham announced Friday he will test the NBA draft waters while retaining his collegiate eligibility for now. However, Branham told ESPN he will stay in the NBA draft if it's likely he will be a first round pick.

While Chris Holtmann probably wouldn't mind it if Branham returned for his sophomore season, he offered his support to him.

Any win over Michigan in any sport is going to make the Buckeye faithful happy. OSU women's tennis got the job done Friday, as No. 8 OSU bested No. 19 Michigan 4-3 to move to 4-0 in Big Ten play. 

Ryan Day has been very outspoken about his support of mental health issues, and continued to raise awareness by speaking to OSU students at the mental health summit at the Ohio State Union. 

Whenever Ohio State right tackle Dawand Jones decides to hang up his football cleats and transition into a broadcaster, he's at least going to get the hard-hitting info, if his Twitter account is to be believed. 

Speaking of Jones, he's one of the more interesting personalities on Ohio State's roster. One glance at his Twitter feed, paired with tweets like this from Ohio State's official football Twitter account, and it's easy to see why. 

After a great NFL career, former Buckeye safety Malcolm Jenkins is hanging up his cleats after 13 seasons of pro football. He has plenty of accolades to his name and two Super Bowl rings, so he now gets to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. 

Sophomore defensive tackle Ty Hamilton was honored as Jim Knowles' Silver Bullet of the Day on Friday.

Other Silver Bullet winners of this week include Denzel Burke and Mitchell Melton. 

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars seems like it was months ago by now, but this tweet from Dre'Mont Jones is too eye-popping not to share. 

With spring football underway, Ohio State transfers and early enrollees have begun to have the opportunity to have their black stripes removed. Only one has been shed so far, and it's no surprise who ended up being the first one to officially become a Buckeye: Oklahoma State safety transfer Tanner McCalister.

Jeff Okudah looks ready for the upcoming NFL season to start. 

Ohio State can't stop winning national championships, it seems. Last week, it was the women's hockey team capturing the program's first-ever natty. This week, it's Ohio State's synchronized swimming team bringing home hardware, winning the school's eye-popping 33rd national title. 

Earlier this week in spring practice, Ryan Day added a sweet pair of shoes to his collection and proudly displayed them while supervising his OSU players running through drills. 

Poor Teradja Mitchell was mistaken for 2022 Ohio State signee Sonny Styles at fan appreciation day on Saturday.

The last tweet of the week just begs for a caption contest. Between Perry Eliano's hops, Gee Scott snagging a touchdown pass and the ref trying to shuffle himself out of the way, there's a lot to work with here. 

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