Three years ago, Austin Siereveld never would have guessed he’d be Ohio State’s starting left tackle.
While he played left tackle at Lakota East High School, Siereveld was recruited by the Buckeyes as a guard. He was a guard for his first two years at Ohio State, starting six games at left guard last season amid lineup shifts before ending the year rotating at right guard with Tegra Tshabola in the final two games of Ohio State’s national championship run.
With Luke Montgomery and Tshabola returning as the starting guards from the end of last year’s CFP run, however, Ohio State decided to move Siereveld to tackle this offseason after he spent some time cross-training there in 2024.