Half of Ohio State’s starters against Illinois played the highest snap counts of their Buckeye careers in Champaign.
On offense, Julian Sayin played his most snaps yet as a Buckeye as he was behind center for all 65 of Ohio State’s offensive snaps at Illinois. Luke Montgomery and Phillip Daniels also played 65-snap games for the first time as Buckeyes, while Brandon Inniss played his highest offensive snap count so far as a Buckeye as he played 34 snaps as Ohio State’s slot receiver.
Defensively, Devin Sanchez made his first career start at cornerback and played 66 snaps, more than twice as many snaps as he had previously played in a game so far in his freshman year, as Jermaine Mathews Jr.