CJ Stroud and Kyle McCord each threw two attacks, while Emeka Egbuka received 123 yards and Jack Sawyer three sacks in Saturday’s spring game.
Jack Miller started behind center for Team Buckeye and completed six of his first eight passes for 51 yards – and one of his unfinished positions was dropped by Jameson Williams – but the opening of the game ended with Ryan Watts scoring a Miller -just intercepted in the end zone.
CJ Stroud started the game for Team Brutus and immediately showed off his arm on his second game of the game and completed a 40-yard deep ball to Chris Olave, who made a leaping catch over newly converted cornerback Demario McCall. Stroud completed his opening drive through a 5-yard pass to first-year receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
Kyle McCord reported the second Buckeye possession in the game – the quarterbacks alternated the series and alternated the entire game through the team – and also immediately showed off his arm strength and connected with Garrett Wilson on a 55-yard deep ball . His first ride ends with a Jack Sawyer bag on the third-and-9, after which Jake Seibert misses a 40-goal attempt wide right.
The offenses went 3-and-out on each of the next four possessions – two by Miller and one each for Stroud and McCord – before Stroud led his second point of the game, and put it off with a 5-yard- attack on Chris. Olaaf.
McCord scored 13 games and scored 75 yards for Team Buckeye’s first points in the ensuing series. Jaxon Smith-Njigba kicked off the ride with an acrobatic 15-yard catch.
McCord finishes the first half with nine rounds for 130 yards on 13 attempts, while Stroud is halftime with 11 rounds for 127 yards on 15 attempts. Miller scored 12-of-23 for 100 yards in the first two quarters.
Sawyer had two bags before halftime, while Harrison received seven first halves for 49 yards. Fellow freshmen Emeka Egbuka caught four catches for the first half for 45 yards, while Wilson caught four catches for the first half for 85 yards. Smith-Njigba had five catches for the first half for 50 yards, while Olave had three catches for the first half for 57 yards. Teradja Mitchell and Cody Simon led all defenders before the break with six tackles.
The opening half of the second half – in which the Buckeyes abandoned the Brutus and Buckeye rosters for an indefinite offense against the defensive line – culminated with the first rush of the day, when Steele Chambers hit the ball in the end zone for a 2 a touch of the yard after a few connections from Stroud to Egbuka – for 31 and 12 meters – got the offense within the 5-yard line.
Miller’s first series of the second half ended without points again after Jake Seibert missed a 45-goal effort wide left. TreVeyon Henderson did show his playing ability on the ride, but he made three passes for a combined 18 meters, while also having a 14-meter run (in a match where it was difficult to break long runs). , as runners were excluded as soon as possible) as they were touched).
Egbuka once again made a big play with a catch-and-run series of 35 yards on the next series, concluding McCord by throwing his second attack of the game to Joe Royer from 12 yards.
Jagger LaRoe, the attacking quarterback, ended the spring game with a 20-yard pass to Sam Wiglusz.
Stroud finished the game with 16 rounds on 22 attempts for 185 yards and two touchdowns, McCord finished the game with 12 finishes on 17 attempts for 184 yards and two touchdowns, and Miller finished the game with 17 rounds on 30 attempts for 128 points. meters and no touchdowns with one interception.
Egbuka finished the match with seven catches for 123 yards, while Sawyer finished the match with three bags. Henderson led all backs with six runs for 26 yards and five catches for 29 yards. Mitchell led all defenders with a total of 10 tackles.
Game notes
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Saturday’s game was played at a ‘thud’ pace, so players were not tackled on the ground. The quarters were ten minutes long with a running clock in the second half.
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Players who did not take part in Saturday’s spring game due to injuries included running backs Master Teague, wide receivers Julian Fleming, Kamryn Babb, Jaylen Harris and Ellijah Gardiner, tighthead prop Gee Scott Jr., attacking lineouts Harry Miller and Nicholas Petit-Frere, defensive players. tackles Haskell Garrett and Tyleik Williams, linebackers Dallas Gant, Mitchell Melton, Ryan Batsch and Cade Kacherski, cornerbacks Sevyn Banks and Cameron Brown and safety Kourt Williams. Kacherski was seen on crutches while Banks walked with a cane.
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With only five other healthy linebackers (Teradja Mitchell, Cody Simon, K’Vaughan Pope, Tommy Eichenberg and Reid Carrico), the long snapper Roen McCullough played lineback and no. 49 gedra.
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Thayer Munford (Brutus) and Jeremy Ruckert (Buckeye) were the captains of the predicted coin.
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Between the first and second quarters, seven members of the Ohio Big 2020 championship team in 2020, Justin Fields, Jonathon Cooper, Justin Hilliard, Shaun Wade, Baron Browning, Luke Farrell and Jake Hausmann, received their championship rings during a ceremony on the field .
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Ohio senior deputy athletics director Diana Sabau, who is leaving to become the Big Ten’s deputy commissioner, was honored at halftime. She has been the Chief Administrator for Ohio State Soccer since April 2017.