St. Edward High School coach Tom Lombardo remembers the moment he knew 2024 offensive tackle Ben Roebuck had arrived.
In the first two weeks of the 2021 season, the 6-foot-7, 320-pound Roebuck played for St. Edward’s junior varsity squad, but was thrown into the fire as a varsity starter in Week 3 against Mentor High School. That was no small task, as Mentor deployed Ohio’s second-highest rated player in the class of 2023: Defensive end Brenan Vernon, a Notre Dame commit. And yet, Roebuck more than held his own in St. Edward’s eventual 47-7 thrashing of Mentor.