According to 247 Team Talent Composite, Ohio State had the second-best overall team talent level in the country and the second-best blue chip ratio. There are enough blue chip players at every position to fill out the two-deep. Ohio State shouldn’t have any issues with overall talent levels in 2018.
Instead, Ohio State’s real challenge is identifying players that are above replacement level. Football Outsiders’ NFL stat, Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement, or DYAR, gets at this idea:
Let’s say you have a running back who carries the ball 300 times in a season.