Ranking Ohio State’s Top 10 Playmakers on Defense: The Outsiders

When I did the Top 10 playmakers on the Ohio State offense over the last month, I started everything by listing playmakers 11-20. It was pretty thin at the bottom. In fact, as I recall, there were technically only 22 players even eligible to be listed. To be a playmaker on offense, you have to touch the football. The requirements to be a playmaker on the defensive side of the ball for the Buckeyes, however, are a bit different. And the numbers bear this out. I will again start off by running through players numbered 11-20, but just so you know, there are over a dozen players who didn’t even make that list, and seven of them are former 5-star prospects. Interestingly, there are more former 5-star prospects who didn‘t make the list than those who did. That is absurdly deep. So who are the 10 who made the cut…

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