Each season, for every team across college football, there are players with question marks surrounding them that can make or break the campaign.
Entering the 2024 season, Ohio State didn’t know how quarterback Will Howard’s game would translate from Kansas State. He ended up setting the school’s single-season completion percentage record and being the leader the Buckeyes needed to take them to a national championship. Josh Fryar overcame pass protection concerns, online harassment and on-field heartbreak and gutted out injuries to become an anchor at right tackle.
Now there’s a new crop of players whose performance will directly influence the ceiling and floor of Ohio State football in 2025.