The recruiting class of 2020 certainly had an unconventional first year of college football.
Although Ohio State’s 14 early enrollees in that class didn’t know it when they arrived in Columbus 13 months ago, their freshman year would be unlike any other in college football history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buckeyes had just three spring practices in 2020, didn’t play their first game until late October and played only eight total games, including just five in the regular season.
As a result, Ohio State’s true freshmen had far fewer opportunities to play than they would in a normal season, and some had none at all.