Snap Counts: 70 Ohio State Players Take the Field in Buckeyes' 51-10 Win over Indiana in Bloomington

As the Buckeyes rolled to a 51-10 victory over Indiana, Ohio State played at least 70 players for a third consecutive game to start the season.

Among the 74 players who made the trip to Bloomington and were available to play, the only Buckeyes who did not see playing time against the Hoosiers were true freshman running back Steele Chambers and offensive lineman Dawand Jones (both still candidates to redshirt this season), backup punter Zach Hoover and backup long snapper Bradley Robinson.

Everyone else saw the field in at least some capacity in Saturday’s blowout win, and we now take a look at how much each of them played exactly in this week’s edition of Snap Counts.

All snap counts were compiled by Eleven Warriors and should be considered unofficial.

Quarterbacks

Justin Fields: 63
Chris Chugunov: 8
Gunnar Hoak: 5

All three of Ohio State’s scholarship quarterbacks saw playing time for the second game in a row at Indiana. Fields played every snap of the first three quarters. With the Buckeyes already ahead by 41 points entering the fourth quarter, Chugunov took over for Ohio State’s first two possessions of the fourth quarter while Hoak checked in for the Buckeyes’ final offensive series as the third-string quarterback.

Running Backs

J.K. Dobbins: 44
Master Teague: 23
Marcus Crowley: 5
Demario McCall: 4

Dobbins played all but six of Ohio State’s first-half offensive snaps at Indiana and took advantage of them, rushing for 175 yards and a touchdown before halftime. After two more carries for 18 yards and a four-yard touchdown catch on the Buckeyes’ first possession of the second half, Dobbins was taken out of the game.

Teague played the other six first-half snaps at running back on Saturday – his first playing time before halftime all year – and clearly established himself as the Buckeyes’ No. 2 running back by the end of the day, rushing for 106 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 23 snaps.

McCall, who was the second running back to enter the game in each of the Buckeyes’ first two games, saw his only playing time at running back in the fourth quarter at Indiana. Crowley, a true freshman who has also played in all of the Buckeyes’ first three games, took over at running back on Ohio State’s final possession.

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Wide Receivers

K.J. Hill: 38
Austin Mack: 36
Binjimen Victor: 32
Garrett Wilson: 30
Chris Olave: 29
Jaelen Gill: 14
Jaylen Harris: 14
Jameson Williams: 7
Ellijah Gardner: 6
Xavier Johnson: Special teams only

Ohio State’s wide receiver rotations remained largely the same against Indiana as they were in the first two games against Florida Atlantic and Cincinnati. Hill was the only receiver to see regular snaps in the slot with the first-team offense, Mack and Olave rotated at the Z receiver spot and Victor and Wilson rotated at the X receiver spot, with Harris also mixing in for occasional snaps at X.

Gill, who was expected to see more regular playing time at H-back entering the season, played only one snap before the fourth quarter – in a four-receiver set on the final play of the first half – against the Hoosiers. Hill lined up at that spot in the vast majority of three-receiver sets with the first-team offense, though Mack also slid inside to the slot for a few snaps.

Harris also played 11 of his 14 snaps in the fourth quarter, while Williams and Gardiner split the fourth-quarter snaps at Z receiver.

Tight Ends

Luke Farrell: 28
Rashod Berry: 24
Jake Hausmann: 21
Jeremy Ruckert: 20
Mitch Rossi: 5

All four of Ohio State’s healthy scholarship tight ends played at least 20 snaps for the second game in a row at Indiana as the Buckeyes continued to utilize a four-man rotation at the position. Although Ohio State’s tight ends did not have any catches against the Hoosiers, 12 personnel continues to have a regular place in this year’s offense, as the Buckeyes put multiple tight ends on the field on 22 of their 76 offensive snaps in Saturday’s game.

Rossi, a walk-on, saw playing time for a third consecutive game to begin the year as he checked in at tight end for the Buckeyes’ final possession.

Offensive Linemen

Thayer Munford: 63
Jonah Jackson: 63
Josh Myers: 63
Wyatt Davis: 63
Branden Bowen: 63
Joshua Alabi: 13
Harry Miller: 13
Gavin Cupp: 13
Nicholas Petit-Frere: 13
Matthew Jones: 8
Kevin Woidke: 5

Starting offensive linemen Munford, Jackson, Myers, Davis and Bowen all played every snap of the first three quarters of Saturday’s game at Indiana, while second-teamers Alabi, Miller, Cupp and Petit-Frere each played for the entire fourth quarter. Jones checked in with the second-team offensive line at left guard to begin the fourth quarter, while Woidke replaced Jones for the first offensive snaps of his entire Ohio State career on the Buckeyes’ final possession of the game.

Defensive Ends

Chase Young: 35
Tyler Friday: 33
Javontae Jean-Baptiste: 28
Zach Harrison: 22
Tyreke Smith: 20

Smith made his first career start in Saturday’s game opposite Young, but rotated in and out of the lineup in the first half and did not play in the second half due to an undisclosed injury. With Jonathon Cooper also sidelined for his third consecutive game to start the season, that allowed Friday – who played only 15 snaps despite starting against Cincinnati – to play a career-high 33 snaps in the Buckeyes’ defensive end rotation against the Hoosiers.

Jean-Baptiste and Harrison each played only four snaps in the first half of Saturday’s game, but both rotated regularly into the lineup in the second half, in which Young played just one defensive series before the Buckeyes took their star pass-rusher out of the game.

Defensive Tackles

Haskell Garrett: 24
Robert Landers: 23
Jashon Cornell: 22
Tommy Togiai: 22
Davon Hamilton: 16
Antwuan Jackson: 14
Jerron Cage: 10

The Buckeyes continued to rotate heavily at both defensive tackle positions against Indiana. Cornell started the game at 3-technique while Hamilton started the game at nose tackle, but Garrett ended up playing the most snaps of any defensive tackle after rotating in regularly for Cornell while Landers and Togiai both ended up playing more snaps than Hamilton in the nose tackle rotation.

Seven of Landers’ 23 snaps came as a nose tackle in three-man fronts, which the Buckeyes utilized in their third-down pass-rushing package against the Hoosiers.

Jackson saw playing time at both 3-technique and nose tackle in Saturday’s game, with all but three of his snaps coming in the fourth quarter, while Cage’s 10 snaps at the 3-tech spot all came alongside other backups in the final quarter.

Linebackers

Malik Harrison: 45
Pete Werner: 41
Baron Browning: 37
Brendon White: 27
Tuf Borland: 26
Dallas Gant: 12
Teradja Mitchell: 12
Justin Hilliard: 3
K’Vaughan Pope: 3
Craig Young: 3

Harrison played the most snaps among Ohio State’s linebackers for the second consecutive game against Indiana, as the weakside linebacker played all but nine of 54 defensive snaps in the first three quarters. Werner played all but 13 of the Buckeyes’ defensive snaps before the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, occasionally checking out in favor of White or safety Josh Proctor.

Borland started Saturday’s game at middle linebacker, but was out-snapped by Browning for the second game in a row. Both Borland and Browning, who each saw some snaps in place of Harrison at Will linebacker in addition to playing at Mike, also played only in the first three quarters of the game.

The Buckeyes used some four-linebacker packages for the second game in a row, but unlike against Cincinnati – when Harrison, Werner, Borland and Browning were all on the field together – Borland was replaced in that package by White, who also lined up as a safety on some plays as part of his bullet role. While the Buckeyes used a 4-4 front in some run-stopping situations against the Bearcats, the Buckeyes used a 3-4 front in some pass-defending situations against the Hoosiers, with White replacing Borland because of his increased athleticism and coverage ability.

White’s 27 snaps against Indiana were a season-high for the bullet, but he was still a role player rather than a regular with the first-team defense, as 11 of his 27 snaps came alongside backups (as a Sam linebacker in the base defense) in the fourth quarter.

Mitchell and Gant played the entire fourth quarter at the middle and weakside linebacker positions until the Buckeyes’ final defensive series, when they were replacing by Pope and Young. Young saw the first defensive playing time of his Ohio State career on Saturday, and Hilliard – just six months removed from rupturing his Achilles – saw his first defensive playing time of the season when he played the first three snaps of the fourth quarter at strongside linebacker.

Brendon White played a season-high 27 snaps against Indiana, though nearly half of those snaps came alongside other backups in the fourth quarter.

Cornerbacks

Shaun Wade: 54
Damon Arnette: 51
Jeff Okudah: 51
Cameron Brown: 12
Marcus Williamson: 9
Sevyn Banks: 8
Amir Riep: 8
Marcus Hooker: 7
Tyreke Johnson: 7

Ohio State had three cornerbacks on the field for every one of its 69 defensive snaps against Indiana, and Wade was on the field as the Buckeyes’ slot cornerback for all 54 of their snaps in the first three quarters. Riep replaced Wade in the lineup for Indiana’s first two possessions of the fourth quarter, while Hooker – in his first defensive playing time of the season – checked in at slot cornerback for the Hoosiers’ final two possessions of the game.

Okudah and Arnette each played all but three of the Buckeyes’ defensive snaps in the first three quarters at the outside cornerback spot. Brown, who has now established himself as the Buckeyes’ top backup at outside cornerback, rotated in when each of them substituted out of the game and also played six more snaps in the fourth quarter.

Banks checked in to play opposite Brown for the Hoosiers’ first two possessions of the fourth quarter, while Williamson and Johnson finished out the game at the outside cornerback spots.

Safeties

Jordan Fuller: 54
Isaiah Pryor: 15
Josh Proctor: 5

Fuller continued to be a mainstay at the deep safety spot in Ohio State’s defense at Indiana, playing every one of the Buckeyes’ defensive snaps in the first three quarters of the game. Pryor took over at that spot for the entire fourth quarter.

Proctor checked into the game situationally for five plays, including four in the first three quarters with the first-team defense, as a second safety in nickel packages. He made plays on the ball in two of those five snaps, dropping a pair of interceptions.

Field Goals/Extra Points

Blake Haubeil (kicker)
Drue Chrisman (holder)
Liam McCullough (long snapper)
Luke Farrell (blocker)
Joshua Alabi (blocker)
Wyatt Davis (blocker)
Gavin Cupp (blocker)
Jerron Cage (blocker)
Nicholas Petit-Frere (blocker)
Kevin Woidke (blocker)
Jake Hausmann (blocker)

Ohio State has used the same lineup for all of its field goal and extra point attempts in each of its first three games. Haubeil missed his only field goal attempt against Indiana but converted seven extra points.

Kickoffs

Blake Haubeil (kicker)
Teradja Mitchell or K’Vaughan Pope (gunner)
Amir Riep (gunner)
Austin Mack or Xavier Johnson (gunner)
Sevyn Banks or Jameson Williams (gunner)
Dallas Gant (gunner)
Marcus Williamson (gunner)
Cameron Brown or Ellijah Gardiner (gunner)
Marcus Hooker (gunner)
Josh Proctor (gunner)
Justin Hilliard or Craig Young (gunner)

Hilliard returned to Ohio State’s kickoff coverage unit, where he was a mainstay for the past two seasons, in his first game back from injury this year. The only other new addition to the kickoff coverage unit against Indiana was Mack, who has been a regular on the unit in previous seasons but did not play any snaps in kickoff coverage against FAU or Cincinnati.

Kickoff Returns

Demario McCall (returner)
Austin Mack or K.J. Hill (blocker)
Xavier Johnson (blocker)
Rashod Berry (blocker)
Jake Hausmann (blocker)
Dallas Gant (blocker)
Josh Proctor (blocker)
Amir Riep (blocker)
Marcus Williamson (blocker)
Jaylen Harris (blocker)
Master Teague (blocker)

Mack replaced Hill as the secondary kickoff returner against Indiana, with the exception of the Hoosiers’ free kick following Chris Olave’s punt block for a safety, after Hill served in that role for the first two games of the year. McCall was the only returner, however, to actually field a kickoff against the Hoosiers.

Teague was another new addition to the kickoff return unit at Indiana, replacing Baron Browning. The rest of the unit remained the season from the Buckeyes’ previous game against Cincinnati.

Punts

Drue Chrisman (punter)
Liam McCullough (long snapper)
Teradja Mitchell (upback)
Tuf Borland (upback)
Luke Farrell (wing/upback)
Malik Harrison (guard)
Dallas Gant (guard)
Justin Hilliard (tackle)
Jordan Fuller (tackle)
Chris Olave or Marcus Williamson (gunner)
Cameron Brown (gunner)

Hilliard returned to the punt team, another special teams unit where he has been a regular for the past couple years, replacing Isaiah Pryor, who lined up as one of the tackles on the punt team in the Buckeyes’ first two games. The rest of the Buckeyes’ punting unit was unchanged with the exception of Williamson getting a spot in the gunner rotation over Ellijah Gardiner.

Punt Blocks/Returns

Demario McCall or Jaelen Gill or Garrett Wilson (returner)
Chris Olave or Cameron Brown (rusher/blocker)
Damon Arnette or Sevyn Banks (rusher/blocker)
Xavier Johnson (rusher/blocker)
Amir Riep (rusher/blocker)
Austin Mack (rusher/blocker)
Jaylen Harris (rusher/blocker)
Dallas Gant (rusher/blocker)
Marcus Williamson or Cameron Brown (rusher/blocker)
Josh Proctor (rusher/blocker)
Jeremy Ruckert or Teradja Mitchell (rusher/blocker)

McCall took the field as the Buckeyes’ punt returner for each of Indiana’s first six punts in Saturday’s game, though he only actually returned one punt for one yard. Gill and Wilson each got their first opportunity to field a punt in game action for the Buckeyes in the fourth quarter.

Olave, who blocked the second punt of his Ohio State career on Saturday, returned to the punt block unit – as did Arnette, Johnson, Banks and Ruckert – after playing on the unit in the season opener but not against Cincinnati. Mack, Harris and Brown were also new additions to the unit against Indiana.

After deploying both McCall and K.J. Hill as dual punt returners against Cincinnati, the Buckeyes lined up with only one punt returner against Indiana. 

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Field Goal/PAT Block

Jeffrey Okudah (blocker)
Chase Young (blocker)
Damon Arnette (blocker)
Jordan Fuller (blocker)
Teradja Mitchell (blocker)
Pete Werner (blocker)
Shaun Wade (blocker)
Tuf Borland (blocker)
Robert Landers (blocker)
Jashon Cornell (blocker)
Haskell Garrett (blocker)

Dawand Jones, who saw his first playing time as a Buckeye on the field goal block team against  Cincinnati but is still expected to play in no more than four games this season in order to preserve his redshirt, was replaced in his spot on Saturday by Cornell. The rest of the Buckeyes’ kick-blocking unit remained the same, but did not actually block any kicks against the Hoosiers after Young blocked the Bearcats’ only field goal attempt one week earlier.