Develop or Disappoint. That is the mandate for the Ohio State coaching staff this offseason as they prepare for the 2023 campaign. For various reasons — transfers, the NFL draft, coaching decisions, recruiting misses — the 2023 season hinges on a bunch of young players seeing the first significant playing time of their Ohio State careers.
C.J. Stroud is off to the NFL Draft, as are Paris Johnson Jr., Luke Wypler, and Dawand Jones. On defense, there was also a mass exodus as a senior-laden defensive line — led by Zach Harrison — either ran out of eligibility or took their talents to the NFL.