Of the 12 players who started at least three games for Ohio State last year who are now prospects for the 2018 NFL draft, 11 of them were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine.
The only one who wasn’t was Tracy Sprinkle.
So there’s no question that Sprinkle will have a chip on his shoulder when he works out alongside those combine invitees, as well as other Buckeye draft hopefuls who weren’t regular starters, at Ohio State’s pro day on Thursday.
"I’ve always been like that my whole life," Sprinkle told Eleven Warriors. "I’ve always been against the odds.