Ryan Day played coy when asked Monday who his 85th scholarship player is.
Unless a walk-on was moved up to scholarship status, Ohio State would be one under the limit with the 2022 season approaching. But Day stood firm that the Buckeyes hadn’t made any arithmetic errors, asserting “No, we’re at 85.”
Perhaps a longstanding Buckeye contributor like Xavier Johnson had earned a scholarship during fall camp without the program providing any official notice. Day never confirmed which Buckeye it was, but did he say “it may have been a little bit further back” that a walk-on player was put on scholarship, unbeknownst to the general public.