Testaments to the stature of Ohio State’s football program come in numerous forms.
Conference championships, primetime victories, recruiting coups, or, in the case of Taron Vincent last fall, forgotten, sidelined five-star prospects.
Oftentimes, the loss of somebody as talented or as heralded as Taron Vincent would set a team back significantly. The 6-foot-2, 295-pound interior lineman was the nation’s 20th-best overall recruit and the No. 1 defensive tackle when he signed with the Buckeyes in 2018. As a freshman, he ended the season with a season-high 19 snaps in the Rose Bowl, potentially springboarding him toward a starting role in a post-Dre’Mont Jones world.