Ohio State Football's Black Stripe Tradition

Ohio State Football's Black Stripe Tradition

Every year, Ohio State welcomes new football players to the program. But they're not Buckeyes yet.

In 2012, Urban Meyer first put black stripes on the helmets of his freshmen class, and only after these newcomers had proven they were willing to put in the work to be a part of the program were the black stripes removed, revealing the scarlet helmet stripe below and signaling to the world that they were officially a Buckeye.

To this day, freshmen and walk-ons must earn the right to have their black stripes removed.

Ohio State Football Black Stripe Removals
Season Date Player Pos. Year
2024 April 8, 2024 Julian Sayin QB FR
2024 April 5, 2024 Will Smith Jr. DL RS-FR
2024 April 5, 2024 Will Kacmarek TE RS-JR
2024 March 30, 2024 Seth McLaughlin OL GR-SR
2024 March 30, 2024 Will Howard QB GR-SR
2024 March 26, 2024 Quinshon Judkins RB JR
2024 March 26, 2024 Caleb Downs S SO
2024 March 21, 2024 Brennen Schramm WR SO
2024 March 21, 2024 Jeremiah Smith WR FR
2023 December 25, 2023 Ryan Rudzinski S FR
2023 December 25, 2023  Diante Griffin CB RS-FR
2023 December, 16, 2023 Cedrick Hawkins S FR
2023 December 16, 2023 Jace Middleton TE JR
2023 November 15, 2023 Jayden Bonsu S FR
2023 November 15, 2023 Miles Walker OL FR
2023 November 9, 2023 Calvin Simpson-Hunt CB FR
2023 November 1, 2023 Willtrell Hartson RB FR
2023 October 11, 2023 Joshua Mickens DE FR
2023 September 28, 2023 Lincoln Kienholz QB FR
2023 September 28, 2023 Jason Moore DL FR
2023 September 13, 2023 Brenten Jones S RS-FR
2023 September 13, 2023 John Ferlmann LS RS-SO
2023 August 23, 2023 Austin Siereveld OL FR
2023 August 22, 2023 Arvell Reese LB FR
2023 August 22, 2023 Ja'Had Carter S SR
2023 August 21, 2023 josh Padilla OL FR
2023 August 21, 2023 Brandon Inniss WR FR
2023 August 19, 2023 Kayden McDonald DT FR
2023 August 19, 2023 Noah Rogers WR FR
2023 August 16, 2023 David Adolph WR RS-FR
2023 August 16, 2023 Lorenzo Styles jr. CB JR
2023 August 15, 2023 Jermaine Mathews jr. CB FR
2023 August 15, 2023 Bryson Rodgers WR FR
2023 August 12, 2023 Tywone Malone DT RS-SO
2023 August 12, 2023 Luke Montgomery OL FR
2023 August 10, 2023 Jimmy Simmons OT RS-SO
2023 August 10, 2023 Victor Cutler OT GR-SR
2023 April 12, 2023 Chad Ray QB RS-JR
2023 April 7, 2023 Chase Brecht RB SO
2023 April 7, 2023 Malik Harford S FR
2023 April 7, 2023 Jelani Thurman TE FR
2023 April 1, 2023 Quinton Burke OL SR
2023 April 1, 2023 Tristan Gebbia QB GR-SR
2023 March 25, 2023 Carnell Tate WWR FR
2023 March 25, 2023 Davison Igbinosun CB SO
2023 March 23, 2023 George Fitzpatrick OL RS-FR
2023 March 23, 2023 Tegra Tshabola OL RS-FR
2022 December 20, 2022 Caleb burton WR FR
2022 December 20, 2022 Gabe Powers LB FR
2022 December 17, 2022 Bennett Christian TE FR
2022 December 14, 2022 Carson Hinzman OL FR
2022 December 7, 2022 Omari Abor DE FR
2022 November 3, 2022 Jack Forsman OL RS-FR
2022 November 3, 2022 Mason Arnold LS RS-FR
2022 October 6, 2022 Devin Brown QB FR
2022 October 6, 2022 Jayden Fielding K FR
2022 September 22, 2022 Hero Kanu DT FR
2022 September 22, 2022 Ryan Turner CB FR
2022 September 15, 2022 Mason Maggs QB FR*
2022 September 15, 2022 Kojo Antwi WR FR
2022 September 14, 2022 TC Caffey RB FR
2022 August 30, 2022 Sonny Styles S FR
2022 August 20, 2022 Kenyatta Jackson DE FR
2022 August 20, 2022 Joop Mitchell WR RS-FR
2022 August 20, 2022 Dallan Hayden RB FR
2022 August 20, 2022 Kyion Grayes WR FR
2022 August 17, 2022 Kaleb Brown WR FR
2022 August 17, 2022 Zak Herbstreit TE RS-FR*
2022 August 14, 2022 C.J. Hicks LB FR
2022 August 9, 2022 Jyaire Brown CB FR
2022 August 9, 2022 Chip Trayanum LB JR
2022 April 11, 2022 Caden Curry DE FR
2022 April 8, 2022 Kye Stokes S FR
2022 March 28, 2022 Tanner McCalister S GR-SR
2021 November 17, 2021 Ben Christman OL FR
2021 November 11, 2021 Sam Hart TE FR
2021 October 27, 2021 Zen Michalski OL FR
2021 October 20, 2021 Toby Wilson OL FR*
2021 September 22, 2021 Jakailin Johnson CB FR
2021 September 22, 2021 Mike Hall DT FR
2021 September 15, 2021 Andre Turrentine DB FR
2021 September 15, 2021 Palaie Gaoteote LB RS-JR
2021 September 15, 2021 Tyleik Williams DL FR
2021 September 7, 2021 Jayden Ballard WR FR
2021 September 7, 2021 Noah Ruggles K RS-JR
2021 August 20, 2021 Jantzen Dunn S FR
2021 August 20, 2021 Jordan Hancock CB FR
2021 August 20, 2021 Donovan Jackson OL FR
2021 August 14, 2021 Evan Pryor RB FR
2021 August 14, 2021 J.T. Tuimoloau DE FR
2021 August 13, 2021 Jesse Mirco P FR
2021 August 12, 2021 Kyle McCord QB FR
2021 August 7, 2021 Denzel Burke CB FR
2021 April 13, 2021 Reid Carrico LB FR
2021 April 13, 2021 Emeka Egbuka WR FR
2021 April 10, 2021 TreVeyon Henderson RB FR
2021 April 6, 2021 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR FR
2021 April 6, 2021 Jack Sawyer DE FR
2020 April 2, 2021 Jacolbe Cowan DT RS-FR
2020 November 24, 2020 Lejond Cavazos CB FR
2020 November 4, 2020 Jake Seibert K FR
2020 November 4, 2020 Marvin Davies WR FR*
2020 October 28, 2020 Joe Royer TE FR
2020 October 28, 2020 Darrion Henry-YoungDARRIO DE FR
2020 October 27, 2020 GRANT TOUTANT OT FR
2020 October 27, 2020 TREY LEROUX OT FR
2020 October 21, 2020 JACK MILLER QB FR
2020 October 21, 2020 C.J. STROUD QB FR
2020 October 20, 2020 CODY SIMON LB FR
2020 October 28, 2020 Darrion Henry-Young DE FR
2020 October 20, 2020 Corey Rau TE FR*
2020 October 19, 2020 Jakob James OL FR
2020 October 19, 2020 Ryan Watts CB FR
2020 October 14, 2020 Luke Wypler OL FR
2020 October 13, 2020 Mitchell melton LB FR
2020 October 13, 2020 Mookie Cooper WR FR
2020 October 7, 2020 Paris Johnson Jr. OL FR
2020 October 7, 2020 Cameron Martinez CB FR
2020 October 3, 2020 Josh Fryar OL FR
2020 October 3, 2020 Lathan Ransom S FR
2020 October 3, 2020 Miyan Williams RB FR
2020 September 26, 2020 Ty Hamilton DL FR
2020 September 26, 2020 Julian Fleming WR FR
2020 September 23, 2020 Gee Scott Jr. WR FR
2020 September 21, 2020 Kourt Williams S FR
2020 September 21, 2020 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR FR
2020 September 16, 2020 Trey Sermon RB SR
2019 August 24, 2019 Zaid Hamdan DT SO*
2019 August 15, 2019 Steele Chambers RB FR
2019 August 15, 2019 Noah Potter DE FR
2019 August 15, 2019 Bryson Shaw S FR
2019 August 13, 2019 Cade Stover LB FR
2019 August 12, 2019 Marcus Crowley RB FR
2019 August 12, 2019 Ryan Jacoby OL FR
2019 August 8, 2019 Jameson Williams WR FR
2019 August 8, 2019 Harry Miller OL FR
2019 August 6, 2019 Jonah Jackson OL RS-SR
2019 April 12, 2019 Zach Harrison DE FR
2019 April 8, 2019 Austin Kutscher WR SO*
2019 April 8, 2019 Garrett Wilson WR FR
2019 April 1, 2019 Ryan Batsch S SO*
2019 April 1, 2019 Max Wray OL RS-FR
2019 March 25, 2019 Justin Fields QB SO
2019 March 21, 2019 Ben Schmiesing LB SO*
2019 March 21, 2019 Cade Kacherski LB JR*
2019 March 21, 2019 Logan Hittle LB JR*
2018 October 30, 2018 Blake Haubeil K SO
2018 October 17, 2018 Alex Williams DE FR
2018 October 17, 2018 Matthew Baldwin QB FR
2018 October 10, 2018 Marcus hooker S FR
2018 October 3, 2018 Xavier Johnson CB FR
2018 October 3, 2018 L'Christian "Blue" Smith WR FR
2018 September 25, 2018 Matt Jones OL FR
2018 September 18, 2018 Jack Jamieson OL SO*
2018 September 18, 2018 Nicholas Petit-Frere OT FR
2018 September 5, 2018 Sam Wiglusz WR SO*
2018 September 5, 2018 Jaelen Gill H-B FR
2018 September 5, 2018 Josh Proctor S FR
2018 August 29, 2018 Cameron Brown CB FR
2018 August 29, 2018 K'Vaughan Pope LB FR
2018 August 27, 2018 Javontae Jean-Baptiste DE FR
2018 August 27, 2018 Sevyn Banks CB FR
2018 August 27, 2018 Tyler Friday DE FR
2018 August 20, 2018 Tyreke Johnson CB FR
2018 August 18, 2018 Jeremy Ruckert TE FR
2018 August 18, 2018 Master Teague RB FR
2018 August 18, 2018 Tyreke Smith DE FR
2018 August 15, 2018 Amari McMahon RB JR
2018 August 13, 2018 Chris Olave WR FR
2018 August 11, 2018 Kory Curtis QB SO
2018 August 11, 2018 Brian Snead RB FR
2018 August 11, 2018 Taron Vincent DT FR
2018 August 9, 2018 Tate Duarte TE SR*
2018 August 9, 2018 Teradja Mitchell LB FR
2018 August 8, 2018 Dallas Gant LB FR
2018 April 11, 2018 Tommy Togiai DL FR
2018 March 30, 2018 De'Shawn White WR SO*
2018 March 30, 2018 Aaron Cox DL SO*
2017 March 25, 2019 Darryl Sinclair CB SO*
2017 November 16, 2017 Jackson Hayes LB SR*
2017 October 19, 2017 Nate Brock OL SO*
2017 October 19, 2017 Brock Davin TE SO*
2017 October 5, 2017 Kevin Dever S SO*
2017 October 5, 2017 Clay Raterman S SR*
2017 October 5, 2017 Marcus Williamson CB FR
2017 September 21, 2017 Garyn Prater WR FR*
2017 September 21, 2017 Jaylen Harris WR FR
2017 September 21, 2017 Josh Myers OL FR
2017 September 21, 2017 Baron Browning LB FR
2017 August 29, 2017 Ellijah Gardiner WR FR
2017 August 29, 2017 Amir Riep CB FR
2017 August 25, 2017 Trevon Grimes WR FR
2017 August 25, 2017 Mitch Rossi TE FR*
2017 August 23, 2017 Jerron Cage DT FR
2017 August 19, 2017 Tate Martell QB FR
2017 August 19, 2017 Wyatt Davis OL FR
2017 August 19, 2016 Brendon White S FR
2017 August 17, 2017 Shaun Wade CB FR
2017 August 16, 2017 Pete Werner LB FR
2017 August 16, 2017 Thayer Munford OL FR
2017 August 15, 2017 Haskell Garrett DT FR
2017 August 15, 2017 Jeffrey Okudah CB FR
2017 August 9, 2017 Chase young DE FR
2017 August 7, 2017 Isaiah Pryor S FR
2017 August 4, 2017 J.K. Dobbins RB FR
2016 November 16, 2016 Jahsen Wint ATH FR
2016 November 2, 2016 Kierre Hawkins TE FR
2016 August 25, 2016 Malik Harrison LB FR
2016 August 25, 2016 Nick Bosa DE FR
2016 August 23, 2016 Tyler Durbin K JR*
2016 August 22, 2016 Jordan Fuller CB FR
2016 August 22, 2016 Keandre Jones LB FR
2016 August 20, 2016 Demario McCall RB FR
2016 August 19, 2016 Joe SChroer DL SO*
2016 August 18, 2016 Binjimen Victor WR FR
2016 August 18, 2016 Jordan Leasure RB FR*
2016 August 17, 2016 Rodjay Burns CB FR
2016 August 17, 2016 Dwayne Haskins QB FR
2016 August 7, 2016 Michael Jordan OL FR
2016 March 31, 2016 Austin Mack WR FR
2015 September 7, 2016 Branden Bowen OT RS-FR
2015 August 27, 2016 Liam McCullough LS RS-FR
2015 August 20, 2016 JOSHUA ALABI DE RS-FR
2015 August 20, 2016 RASHOD BERRY DE RS-FR
2015 August 13, 2016 Joshua Norwood CB RS-FR
2015 August 13, 2016 Davon Hamilton DE RS-FR
2015 August 13, 2016 Jonathon Cooper DE RS-FR
2015 August 13, 2016 Joe Burrow QB RS-FR
2015 August 13, 2016 Tuf Borland LB RS-FR
2015 August 13, 2016 Damon Arnette CB RS-FR
2015 September 4, 2015 Kevin Feder OL FR
2015 September 4, 2015 Matthew Burrell OL FR
2015 September 4, 2015 Eric Glover-Williams CB FR
2015 August 22, 2015 Robert "BB" Landers DT FR
2015 August 21, 2015 Jack Willougby K FR
2015 August 17, 2015 K.J. Hill WR FR
2015 August 15, 2015 Mike Weber RB FR
2015 August 13, 2015 Isaiah Prince OL FR
2014 August 22, 2015 Jared Drake LB FR*
2014 September 10, 2014 Jamarco Jones OT FR
2014 September 10, 2014 Parris Campbell WR FR
2014 August 31, 2014 Terry McLaurin WR FR
2014 August 25, 2014 Marcelys Jones OG FR
2014 August 25, 2014 Malik Hooker S FR
2014 August 25, 2014 Mike Maduko S FR*
2014 August 25, 2014 Guy Ferrelli TE FR*
2014 August 23, 2014 Sean Nuernberger K FR
2014 August 22, 2014 Demetrius Knox OG FR
2014 August 21, 2014 Stephen Collier QB FR
2014 August 21, 2014 Kyle Trout OT FR
2014 August 21, 2014 Kosta Karageorge DT SO*
2014 August 21, 2014 Erick Smith S FR
2014 August 21, 2014 Brady Taylor OT FR
2014 August 18, 2014 Johnnie Dixon WR FR
2014 August 18, 2014 Dante Booker WR FR
2014 August 16, 2014 Sam Hubbard DE FR
2014 August 16, 2014 Noah Brown WR FR
2014 August 16, 2014 Jalyn Holmes DE FR
2014 August 15, 2014 Aaron Parry DL SO*
2014 August 13, 2014 Damon Webb CB FR
2014 August 11, 2014 Darius Slade DE FR
2014 August 10, 2014 Curtis Samuel H-B FR
2014 August 10, 2014 Raekwon McMillan LB FR
2013 April 15, 2014 Eli Apple CB SO
2013 December 18, 2013 Marcus Baugh TE FR
2013 December 17, 2013 Darron Lee LB FR
2013 September 11, 2013 Tyquan Lewis DE FR
2013 September 11, 2013 Trey Johnson LB FR
2013 September 11, 2013 Cameron Johnston P FR
2013 August 23, 2013 Evan Lisle OT FR
2013 August 23, 2013 Logan Gaskey OL FR
2013 August 23, 2013 J.T. Barrett QB FR
2013 August 20, 2013 Devonte Butler CB FR
2013 August 19, 2013 Vonn Bell S FR
2013 August 17, 2013 Billy price DT FR
2013 August 17, 2013 Michael Hill DT FR
2013 August 16, 2013 Aaron Mawhierter LB FR
2013 August 16, 2013 Cameron Burrows CB FR
2013 August 12, 2013 Ezekiel Elliott RB FR
2013 August 12, 2013 Joey Bosa DE FR
2013 August 10, 2013 Dontre Wilson RB FR
2013 August 10, 2013 Mike Mitchell LB FR
2013 August 8, 2013 Joe Ramstetter WR FR
2012 September 19, 2012 Camren Williams LB FR
2012 September 19, 2012 Joshua Perry LB FR
2012 September 19, 2012 Pat Elflein OG FR
2012 September 5, 2012 Ricquan Southward WR FR
2012 September 5, 2012 Kevin Niehoff P FR
2012 September 5, 2012 Jamal Marcus DE FR
2012 August 29, 2012 David Perkins LB FR
2012 August 29, 2012 Najee MUrray S FR
2012 August 29, 2012 Jacoby Boren OG FR
2012 August 29, 2012 Logan Beougher DL FR*
2012 August 28, 2012 Craig Cataline LB FR*
2012 August 25, 2012 Bri'onte Dunn RB FR
2012 August 21, 2012 Joe Burger LB FR*
2012 August 20, 2012 Cardale Jones QB FR
2012 August 20, 2012 Warren Ball RB FR
2012 August 15, 2012 Adolphus Washington DE FR
2012 August 14, 2012 Tommy Schutt DT FR
2012 August 14, 2012 Taylor Decker OT FR
2012 August 12, 2012 Noah Spencer DE FR
2012 August 12, 2012 De'van Bogard S FR
* Denotes walk-on