October 23, 2024

Ohio State star pass rusher Chase Young to sit out Rutgers game, return for Penn State showdown


Rutgers still has a litany of challenges to grapple with this weekend, but the nation’s best defensive player will not be one of them. Ohio State defensive end Chase Young will be held out one more game – Saturday’s tilt with the Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium in Piscataway (3:30 p.m., BTN) – before returning to action next weekend for the Buckeyes’ showdown with Penn State after the NCAA signed off on Ohio State’s reinstatement request. “I want to thank and express my sincere gratitude to university staff members who worked so diligently and expertly to learn and understand the facts, and then to report these facts to the NCAA as part of our request to have Chase reinstated,” Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith said in a statement. “This is the example of the culture of compliance we have at Ohio State. “I also want to commend Chase Young…

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