After handling Ohio State’s kickoff duties in all of its first five games of the season, Jayden Fielding is now “officially” a Buckeye. Fielding has been Ohio State’s kickoff specialist all season despite the fact that he still had his black stripe on his practice helmet, but that finally changed after Wednesday’s practice. welcome to the brotherhood, @jayden_fielding #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/pvvT2ccvnB — Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 6, 2022 A walk-on kicker from IMG Academy, Fielding has the rare distinction of losing his redshirt before his black stripe, as he is already over the four-game limit for a player to take a redshirt year. While Ohio State could have opted to hand kickoff duties over to Parker Lewis after Lewis was cleared to play by the NCAA last week, the Buckeyes made the decision to stick with Fielding because they are pleased with how the true freshman has performed so far. “I think…
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