Ohio State Linebacker Chip Trayanum Loses Black Stripe

Chip Trayanum is the latest Buckeye to lose his black stripe.

Trayanum is the fourth Buckeye of 2022 to lose his black stripe, along with Oklahoma State transfer Tanner McCalister and freshmen Kye Stokes and Caden Curry. Trayanum, an Arizona State transfer who switched from running back to linebacker upon returning to his home state of Ohio, is now "officially" a Buckeye after committing to Ohio State back on Dec. 25.

Trayanum played on both sides of the ball at Akron’s Archbishop Hoban High School, and was ranked the No. 285 overall prospect and No. 5 recruit in Ohio in the 2020 recruiting cycle. Trayanum was recruited to play on either side of the ball by the Buckeyes out of high school,…