Ohio State played a total of 60 players, the same number it had played in each of its last three games, in its 49-20 loss in West Lafayette on Saturday.

56 of those 60 players were on the field in the Buckeyes’ previous game against Minnesota. Defensive end Jonathon Cooper and linebacker Malik Harrison returned from injuries to play against Purdue; wide receiver Jaylen Harris saw his first playing time in four games on both offense and special teams, while H-back Demario McCall and linebacker Teradja Mitchell also saw playing time on special teams after they didn’t see the field versus the Gophers.

Cornerback Damon Arnette, meanwhile, did not make the trip to Purdue due to injury, while running back Master Teague, wide receiver Ellijah Gardiner and defensive tackles Taron Vincent and Antwuan Jackson also didn’t see action after playing against Minnesota. (Correction: This article previously stated that Teague played on the kickoff return unit, but he did not; the No. 33 on the kickoff return unit against the Boilermakers was Josh Proctor).

Quarterback Dwayne Haskins played every one of Ohio State’s offensive snaps for a fourth consecutive week against Purdue, while all five starting offensive linemen were also on the field for each of the Buckeyes' whopping 100 offensive plays in defeat. Safety Jordan Fuller, meanwhile, played every of one of Ohio State’s defensive snaps (74) for the fourth week in a row.

Although the outcome of Saturday’s game against the Boilermakers was certainly different than the wins Ohio State achieved in its first seven games of the year, the Buckeyes’ personnel was mostly the same, with the exceptions of where they were affected by injuries, most prominently with Arnette’s absence in the secondary – which led to cornerback Jeffrey Okudah, slot cornerback Shaun Wade and safety Isaiah Pryor, among other defenders also including defensive end Jonathon Cooper and defensive tackle Davon Hamilton, playing their career-highs in snaps for the scarlet and gray on Saturday.

Coming off an embarrassing 29-point loss to an unranked opponent on the road, how Ohio State utilizes its personnel will be scrutinized more heavily than ever before. To allow you to draw your own conclusions on what the Buckeyes should change, we present the data for who played where and how much in our weekly Snap Counts series.

All snap counts listed are compiled by Eleven Warriors data analyst Matt Gutridge and should be considered unofficial, as Ohio State does not make its official snap counts public. It is not always possible to see all 11 players on the field from TV broadcast angles, particularly on special teams plays, so exact special teams snap counts are not included and offensive and defensive snap counts could potentially differ from those tracked by Ohio State’s coaches.

Quarterbacks

Dwayne Haskins: 100

Ohio State’s offense hit the century mark in plays run in Saturday’s game, and Haskins was on the field for every one of them, marking the fourth straight game that he was the only quarterback to play for the Buckeyes. He threw the ball on 75 of those plays – including two plays that did not count as passing attempts due to penalties – as Ohio State threw the ball more times than it ever had in any previous game in school history.

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Running Backs

Mike Weber: 57
J.K. Dobbins: 43
Demario McCall: Special teams only

Per usual, Ohio State alternated its running back by series throughout Saturday’s game, but although Dobbins started for the Buckeyes, Weber played more snaps than Dobbins for the first time since the third game of the year against TCU and just the second time all season.

Neither running back, however, had many rushing attempts for the amount of snaps they played. Weber carried the ball just nine times in Saturday’s game for 45 yards, while Dobbins had 11 carries for just 24 yards.

Wide Receivers

K.J. Hill: 59
Binjimen Victor: 58
Terry McLaurin: 57
Parris Campbell: 50
Johnnie Dixon: 45
Austin Mack: 34
Jaylen Harris: 6
C.J. Saunders: 5
Chris Olave: Special teams only

While the Buckeyes began Saturday’s game with their same wide receiver rotation as usual, Mack left the game due to injury in the third quarter, leading to Victor – who had played the least snaps of Ohio State’s top six receivers in the previous five games – playing a career-high in snaps at X receiver. Harris also saw some playing time at the X position – his first playing time since the Buckeyes’ fourth game of the year against Tulane – on two series in the fourth quarter.

Saunders, who typically checks in as the fourth receiver in four-receiver sets, also left the game with an injury after taking a hard hit from behind in the second quarter. With Saunders out of the lineup, Hill and Campbell were both on the field together went the Buckeyes went back to their four-receiver offense on their final possession of the game.

Tight Ends

Luke Farrell: 62
Rashod Berry: 17
Jeremy Ruckert: 7
Jake Hausmann: Special teams only

Berry started the game at Purdue, as Ohio State continued alternating starts between its top two tight ends, but after he was responsible for back-to-back penalties on the Buckeyes’ first offensive play of the game, he was replaced in the lineup by Farrell and did not return to the field until the second quarter. Farrell went on to play the most snaps of any individual Ohio State tight end in any game this year – and the most of his career – as Berry only saw occasional playing time for the rest of the contest.

All seven of Ruckert’s snaps came in the fourth quarter, at which point the Boilermakers had already built a commanding lead in the game.

Offensive Linemen

Thayer Munford: 100
Malcolm Pridgeon: 100
Michael Jordan: 100
Demetrius Knox: 100
Isaiah Prince: 100
Joshua Alabi: Special teams only
Gavin Cupp: Special teams only
Josh Myers: Special teams only
Wyatt Davis: Special teams only
Kevin Woidke: Special teams only

Despite leaving the Buckeyes’ previous game against Minnesota in the third quarter with an ankle and hip injury, Munford started at left tackle for Ohio State on Saturday and played all 100 snaps of the game. Pridgeon, Jordan, Knox, Prince also played every snap from left guard to right tackle, marking the fourth straight game and fifth time this season that all four of them played every snap of the game, as all four have played every first-team offensive snap for the Buckeyes this season.

Defensive Ends

Jonathon Cooper: 66
Chase Young: 63
Jashon Cornell: 17
Tyreke Smith: 6
Tyler Friday: 1

With Nick Bosa officially done as a Buckeye, Cooper and Young were each on the field at defensive end for more than 85 percent of Ohio State’s 74 defensive snaps in Saturday’s game, with Cooper leading the way with a career-high 66 snaps. 

Cornell rotated in for most of the snaps when either one of them came out of the game, but true freshmen Smith and Friday also each rotated in for one snap at defensive end, with Smith also playing five snaps at defensive tackle in the Rushmen package.

Defensive Tackles

Dre’Mont Jones: 72
Davon Hamilton: 39
Robert Landers: 21
Haskell Garrett: 3
Tommy Togiai: 3

Jones played all but two of Ohio State’s defensive snaps in Saturday’s game, with Garrett replacing him for those two plays and also playing one additional snap in a goal-line package. Hamilton started Saturday’s game at nose tackle in place of Landers, who left the Buckeyes’ previous game early due to injury, but Landers still saw playing time in the rotation throughout Saturday’s game, while Togiai also rotated in for a trio of plays at nose tackle.

Linebackers

Malik Harrison: 56
Pete Werner: 47
Tuf Borland: 38
Baron Browning: 31
Justin Hilliard: 3
Dante Booker: Special teams only
Dallas Gant: Special teams only
Keandre Jones: Special teams only
Teradja Mitchell: Special teams only
K’Vaughan Pope: Special teams only

In a game in which Ohio State played at least five defensive backs for 53 out of 74 defensive plays, the Buckeyes used a variety of different nickel packages, with Harrison, Werner, Borland and Browning all on the field for some but not all of those packages.

Borland played all the snaps at middle linebacker alongside Harrison and Werner in the 4-3 defense, though Hilliard substituted in for Harrison for three fourth-quarter snaps in the base defense. Harrison and Browning saw the most playing time in nickel and dime packages, but Werner and Borland substituted in for some snaps in those formations as well.

Cornerbacks

Kendall Sheffield: 73
Jeffrey Okudah: 72
Shaun Wade: 53
Amir Riep: 2
Josh Proctor: 1

With Damon Arnette sidelined by injury, Sheffield played all but one of Ohio State’s defensive snaps while Okudah played all but two, with each player missing one snap due to injury (Okudah’s being Ohio State’s final defensive play of the game) and Okudah checking out for one play when the Buckeyes went into their goal-line defensive formation.

Wade played all of his snaps at slot cornerback with the exception of one; when Sheffield checked out of the game, Wade slid outside for one play and Proctor filled in at Wade’s spot. Riep, meanwhile, checked in for Okudah on Ohio State’s final defensive play of the game (on which Rondale Moore ran by every other player in the Buckeyes’ back seven en route to a 43-yard touchdown) at outside cornerback, while he also played one snap as a third safety in a dime package.

Safeties

Jordan Fuller: 74
Isaiah Pryor: 73
Marcus Hooker: Special teams only
Brendon White: Special teams only
Jahsen Wint: Special teams only

Fuller played every one of Ohio State’s defensive snaps for the fourth straight week against Purdue. Pryor, meanwhile, played every snap but one – when the Buckeyes used their goal-line defense – as Ohio State did not rotate at either safety spot for the first time all season, resulting in Pryor played his career-high in single-game snaps to date.

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Field Goals/Extra Points

Blake Haubeil (kicker)
Drue Chrisman (holder)
Liam McCullough (long snapper)
Luke Farrell (blocker)
Joshua Alabi (blocker)
Wyatt Davis (blocker)
Josh Myers (blocker)
Davon Hamilton (blocker)
Gavin Cupp (blocker)
Kevin Woidke (blocker)
Rashod Berry (blocker)

Haubeil filled in for an injured Sean Nuernberger for a second straight week on the placekicking unit, and went 2-for-3 on field goals with two made extra points. The rest of this unit’s lineup remained unchanged.

Kickoffs

Blake Haubeil (kicker)
Amir Riep (gunner)
K.J. Hill or Chris Olave (gunner)
Dallas Gant (gunner)
Keandre Jones (gunner)
K'Vaughan Pope (gunner)
Justin Hilliard (gunner)
Jahsen Wint (gunner)
Brendon White (gunner)
Marcus Hooker (gunner)
Joshua Proctor (gunner)

Hilliard and Gant returned to Ohio State’s starting kickoff unit at Purdue, replacing Jeffrey Okudah and Baron Browning. The rest of the lineup for this unit remained the same as the previous game against Minnesota, with Hill taking the field for the Buckeyes’ first two kickoffs before being replaced by Olave.

Onside Kick

Blake Haubeil (kicker)
Johnnie Dixon
Jeffrey Okudah
Jordan Fuller
Kendall Sheffield
Binjimen Victor
K.J. Hill
Pete Werner
Parris Campbell
Justin Hilliard
Terry McLaurin

Down 35-20 with less than five minutes to play in Saturday’s game, Ohio State attempted its first onside kick of the year on its final kickoff at Purdue. Its seldom-used onside kick unit, alongside Haubeil, was made up entirely of wide receivers, linebackers and defensive backs who all either start or otherwise play regularly for the Buckeyes on offense or defense. The Buckeyes did not recover their onside kick.

Kickoff Returns

Johnnie Dixon (returner/blocker)
C.J. Saunders or Demario McCall (returner/blocker)
Jake Hausmann (blocker)
Jeremy Ruckert (blocker)
Justin Hilliard (blocker)
Binjimen Victor (blocker)
Keandre Jones (blocker)
Dallas Gant (blocker)
Jahsen Wint (blocker)
Brendon White (blocker)
Josh Proctor (blocker)

Saunders lined up as Ohio State’s secondary kickoff returner to begin Saturday’s game, but was replaced in the lineup by McCall after leaving the game with his injury. Hilliard returned to the kickoff return unit at Purdue, taking Shaun Wade’s spot in the lineup. Proctor took Teague's place in the lineup. The rest of the kickoff return unit personnel was unchanged from the Buckeyes’ previous game against Minnesota.

Punts

Drue Chrisman (punter)
Liam McCullough (long snapper)
Tuf Borland (upback)
Teradja Mitchell (upback)
Malik Harrison (guard)
Justin Hilliard (guard)
Parris Campbell (tackle)
Dante Booker (tackle)
Pete Werner (wing)
Chris Olave or Johnnie Dixon (gunner)
Terry McLaurin (gunner)

Harrison returned to the punting unit at Purdue after missing the Minnesota game due to injury. Jonathon Cooper, however, did not return to his usual role as an upback on the punting unit despite returning from injury to play on defense; Mitchell took his place in that spot. And with Okudah playing nearly every snap on defense, Olave and Dixon alternated snaps in his place on punt coverage.

The rest of the punt team remained the same from the Minnesota game.

Punt Blocks/Returns

K.J. Hill (returner)
Chris Olave (rusher/blocker)
Jaylen Harris (rusher/blocker)
Josh Proctor (rusher/blocker)
Amir Riep (rusher/blocker)
Isaiah Pryor (rusher/blocker)
Keandre Jones (rusher/blocker)
Dallas Gant (rusher/blocker)
Jahsen Wint (rusher/blocker)
Brendon White (rusher/blocker)
Justin Hilliard (rusher/blocker)

Ohio State kept its regular defense (with the exception of Pryor, with Hill in his place) on the field for four of Purdue’s six punts, but on the Boilermakers’ other two punts, the Buckeyes made some new additions to their punt block/return unit. Hilliard and Olave returned to the lineup after not playing on the punt return unit against Minnesota, while Proctor was promoted to the lineup and Harris was also added to the unit.

Jeffrey Okudah, Kendall Sheffield and Shaun Wade were all taken off the punt return unit with their increased workload in the secondary, while Johnnie Dixon also did not appear on the unit after playing on it against Minnesota.

SNAP TRACKER: OFFENSE

POS	PLAYER	ORST	RU	TCU	TU	PSU	IU	UM	PUR	TOTAL
QB	DWAYNE HASKINS	68	48	84	43	79	96	77	100	595
QB	TATE MARTELL	20	26	DNP	34	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	80
QB	CHRIS CHUGUNOV	DNP	4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	4
RB	J.K. DOBBINS	38	26	39	33	51	55	42	46	330
RB	MIKE WEBER	34	26	47	12	31	43	35	56	284
RB/WR	DEMARIO MCCALL	4	10	DNP	19	DNP	DNP	DNP	ST	33
RB	MASTER TEAGUE	7	10	DNP	13	DNP	DNP	ST	DNP	30
RB	BRIAN SNEAD	11	16	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	27
WR	AUSTIN MACK	38	31	49	36	48	63	47	34	346
WR	TERRY MCLAURIN	35	29	51	19	44	50	36	57	321
WR	PARRIS CAMPBELL	36	26	35	25	40	42	34	50	288
WR	JOHNNIE DIXON	35	23	33	29	36	45	38	45	284
WR	K.J. HILL	22	19	35	21	32	46	36	59	270
WR	BINJIMEN VICTOR	41	25	32	13	27	31	31	58	258
WR	C.J. SAUNDERS	14	14	9	29	6	6	16	5	99
WR	CHRIS OLAVE	18	16	ST	24	ST	DNP	ST	ST	58
WR	JAYLEN HARRIS	7	13	DNP	20	DNP	DNP	DNP	6	46
WR	JAELEN GILL	DNP	6	DNP	9	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	15
WR	GARYN PRATER	DNP	7	DNP	4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	11
WR	ELLIJAH GARDINER	DBP	3	DNP	4	DNP	DNP	ST	DNP	7
WR	SAM WIGLUSZ	DNP	7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	7
WR	L'CHRISTIAN "BLUE" SMITH	DNP	DNP	DNP	4	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	4
TE	LUKE FARRELL	43	27	30	18	41	33	33	62	287
TE	RASHOD BERRY	34	27	58	23	37	54	35	17	285
TE	JEREMY RUCKERT	23	23	DNP	22	2	10	2	7	89
TE	JAKE HAUSMANN	DNP	DNP	DNP	9	ST	2	ST	ST	11
TE	DERRICK MALONE	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2
TE	MITCH ROSSI	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2
TE	TATE DUARTE	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2
OL	MALCOLM PRIDGEON	70	52	84	49	79	96	77	100	607
OL	MICHAEL JORDAN	70	52	84	49	79	96	77	100	607
OL	DEMETRIUS KNOX	70	52	84	49	79	96	77	100	607
OL	ISAIAH PRINCE	70	52	84	49	79	96	77	100	607
OL	THAYER MUNFORD	70	52	84	49	79	96	52	100	582
OL	JOSHUA ALABI	18	26	ST	28	ST	ST	25	ST	97
OL	JOSH MYERS	18	26	ST	28	ST	ST	ST	ST	72
OL	WYATT DAVIS	18	26	ST	28	ST	ST	ST	ST	72
OL	NICHOLAS PETIT-FRERE	18	26	DNP	28	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	72
OL	GAVIN CUPP	DNP	19	ST	28	ST	ST	ST	ST	47
OL	BRADY TAYLOR	18	7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	25
OL	KEVIN WOIDKE	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
K	BLAKE HAUBEIL	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
K	SEAN NUERNBERGER	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	DNP	DNP	ST

SNAP TRACKER: DEFENSE

POS	PLAYER	ORST	RU	TCU	TU	PSU	IU	UM	PU	TOTAL
DE	CHASE YOUNG	28	24	51	24	76	68	55	63	389
DE	JONATHON COOPER	25	22	52	24	58	46	DNP	66	293
DE	JASHON CORNELL	18	9	10	21	15	20	48	17	158
DE/DT	TYREKE SMITH	17	33	6	28	8	15	13	6	126
DE	NICK BOSA	35	37	41	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	113
DE	TYLER FRIDAY	12	18	DNP	29	2	6	4	1	72
DE	AARON COX	3	DNP	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	5
DE	NOAH DONALD	3	DNP	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	5
DT	DRE'MONT JONES	33	35	67	27	75	64	52	72	425
DT	DAVON HAMILTON	14	10	25	17	36	28	29	39	198
DT	ROBERT LANDERS	18	25	36	DNP	29	30	16	21	175
DT	TOMMY TOGIAI	13	12	DNP	16	2	10	7	3	63
DT	HASKELL GARRETT	15	4	10	13	4	9	4	3	62
DT	TARON VINCENT	12	14	DNP	16	DNP	3	4	DNP	49
DT	ANTWUAN JACKSON	4	5	DNP	12	DNP	DNP	3	DNP	24
DT	JERRON CAGE	6	3	DNP	8	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	17
LB	PETE WERNER	56	48	53	26	79	70	59	47	438
LB	MALIK HARRISON	56	43	76	29	79	56	DNP	56	395
LB	BARON BROWNING	37	17	33	21	31	40	20	31	230
LB	TUF BORLAND	9	21	39	15	36	30	39	38	227
LB	JUSTIN HILLIARD	9	17	ST	21	ST	9	49	3	108
LB	KEANDRE JONES	9	12	ST	29	ST	ST	1	ST	51
LB	DANTE BOOKER	9	15	ST	27	DNP	ST	ST	ST	51
LB	DALLAS GANT	ST	ST	ST	8	ST	ST	ST	ST	8
LB	K'VAUGHAN POPE	ST	ST	ST	2	ST	ST	ST	ST	2
LB	TERADJA MITCHELL	ST	ST	DNP	2	ST	ST	DNP	ST	2
CB	KENDALL SHEFFIELD	49	31	65	20	68	60	51	73	417
CB	JEFFREY OKUDAH	42	22	38	29	43	43	55	72	344
CB	DAMON ARNETTE	34	37	52	30	47	49	12	DNP	261
CB/S	SHAUN WADE	9	27	39	25	23	34	33	53	243
CB	MARCUS WILLIAMSON	1	21	ST	20	ST	ST	DNP	DNP	42
CB	CAMERON BROWN	9	5	ST	10	ST	DNP	DNP	DNP	24
CB	TYREKE JOHNSON	DNP	DNP	ST	2	ST	DNP	DNP	DNP	2
S	JORDAN FULLER	DNP	42	77	29	79	76	59	74	436
S	ISAIAH PRYOR	53	34	61	42	60	35	36	73	394
S	JAHSEN WINT	56	26	16	22	19	33	ST	ST	172
S	BRENDON WHITE	9	13	ST	25	ST	ST	ST	ST	47
S/CB	AMIR RIEP	12	11	DNP	DNP	ST	1	ST	2	26
S/CB	JOSH PROCTOR	ST	ST	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	ST	1	3
S	MARCUS HOOKER	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	ST	ST	ST
P	DRUE CHRISMAN	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
LS	LIAM MCCULLOUGH	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST