Miller out, Wypler in.
Ohio State will have to shuffle its offensive line as Luke Wypler appears set to make his first career start at center after presumed starter Harry Miller was listed as unavailable before the game and did not travel with the team.
Wypler, a second-year player out of Montvale, New Jersey, was working out with the first-team offensive line leading up to Thursday's season opener against Minnesota and was taking pregame practice snaps with starting quarterback C.J. Stroud.
C.J. Stroud taking snaps from Luke Wypler. pic.twitter.com/S9O07oZY5P
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Third-year lineman Matthew Jones and second-year Josh Fryar also took snaps at center in warmups, but Wypler was the player working with the starters.
Wypler arrived at Ohio State as the No. 2 center in the country coming out of high school, but he played just 15 total snaps last season as a true freshman, but he earned his way up the depth chart with an impressive spring practice and fall camp.
With Wypler at center, it appears that the starting Ohio State offensive line will be Nicholas Petit-Frere at left tackle, Thayer Munford at left guard, Wypler at center, Paris Johnson Jr. at right guard and Dawand Jones at right tackle.
