Because of the COVID-19 outbreak that left Ohio State with 23 unavailable players for Saturday’s game at Michigan State, this week’s Snap Counts look quite a bit different from Ohio State’s first four games of the year.
Ohio State was without four starters for the trip to East Lansing (offensive linemen Thayer Munford, Josh Myers and Nicholas Petit-Frere and middle linebacker Tuf Borland) as well as three other players who had played in every game this year (defensive end Tyler Friday, safety Josh Proctor and wide receiver Kamryn Babb). That forced Ohio State to shuffle its depth chart around at multiple positions, especially on the offensive line.