Even though 2019 has only just begun and the first game of the season is still more than seven months away, the speculation regarding which players will step into bigger roles for the Buckeyes in the fall has already started.
Ohio State’s depth chart for next season will include plenty of changes from this past season, not only because of the players who are no longer with the team – including another strong class of NFL draft prospects – but also because of the coaches who aren’t.
With Urban Meyer and four of Ohio State’s 2018 assistant coaches no longer with the program, new head coach Ryan Day and Ohio State’s five new assistant coaches could evaluate the team’s talent differently from their predecessors – which means that even the Buckeyes’ returning starters aren’t guaranteed to be back in the starting lineup, while the door could be open for players who were buried on the depth chart last year even if the players who were in front of them are still on the roster.