September 23, 2024

Carnell Tate and Chip Trayanum touchdowns, and offensive line battles: Ohio State offense spring game thoughts

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thoughts on the Ohio State offense, outside of the quarterbacks, from Saturday’s spring game in Ohio Stadium. © David Petkiewicz/cleveland.com/TNS OSU Scarlet RB Dallan Hayden (5) is stopped by Grey team safety Sonny Styles (6) after a run during the Ohio State football Spring Game in Columbus on Saturday, April 15, 2023, David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com 1. The Buckeyes were short on receivers, and that has to be taken into account for any evaluation of quarterback Kyle McCord and the first-team offense. Starters Emeka Egbuka and Julian Fleming were recovering from injuries all spring and didn’t play, and All-American Marvin Harrison Jr. was pulled after the first two series. That left rising junior Jayden Ballard (9 career catches), freshman Carnell Tate and sophomore Kaleb Brown (1 career catch), running with the first team. They didn’t often get open against the first-team corners. That doesn’t leave any worry about…

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