When Braxton Miller went down for the season with a torn labrum, he became the seventh first-team All-Big Ten media selection that Ohio State lost from a year ago.
Now an eighth Buckeye standout could be joining that list.
After failing his second drug test in a year, reports Tim May of The Columbus Dispatch, defensive end Noah Spence’s return to college football was put on hold on Friday when Ohio State confirmed that he will be ineligible for Saturday’s contest between the Buckeyes and Kent State.
It’s unclear how long Spence’s presumed second suspension will last—ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg reports that Big Ten rules would dictate that a second failed drug test would result in the permanent end of his eligibility—but this much we do know: For the foreseeable future, the Buckeyes will be without their all-conference defensive end.
“We are hopeful that Noah can get healthy and, at some point, resume his career with the Buckeyes,” Spence’s parents told The Dispatch.
Another day, another blow for the Buckeyes, who were already licking their wounds following last week’s 35-21 loss to Virginia Tech.
With the struggling Golden Flashes coming to town and a bye week to follow, Ohio State was hoping to head into its week off with positive momentum, but no blowout victory on Saturday will be able to overshadow the news that one of the Buckeyes’ best defensive players has had his college career again put on hold.
On the one hand, the loss of Spence…
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