Ohio State Football: Projecting Buckeyes’ Post-Spring 2-Deep Depth Chart

From top to bottom, Ohio State’s roster may boast more talent than any team in the country.

The Buckeyes are absolutely loaded after four recruiting cycles with head coach Urban Meyer at the helm, boasting three championship-caliber quarterbacks and first-round NFL draft prospects on both sides of the ball.

It’s not just raw talent, either. The Buckeyes’ national championship-winning team in 2014 is returning 15 starters for the team’s title defense this season.

But with key players such as Devin Smith, Michael Bennett and Doran Grant moving on to the NFL, Meyer spent much of spring camp looking for young players to step up.

Who made the jump and earned a spot in Ohio State’s two-deep rotation coming out of spring?

Offense

Ohio State’s depth chart can’t be brought up without first mentioning the all-encompassing quarterback battle.

But the three-horse race between Cardale Jones, J.T. Barrett and Braxton Miller got off to an uneven start as the two injured signal-callers work their way back from the surgeries that ended their 2014 seasons. That left Jones as the only healthy option through spring camp, giving him an inside track on landing the starting spot this fall.

Whoever wins the quarterback job will be working with a revamped group of wide receivers.

The departures of Smith and Evan Spencer left the Buckeyes with a big void on the perimeter, but the return of players such as Michael Thomas and Jalin Marshall will provide some…

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