In recent years, Ohio State has benefited from a multitude of talented freshmen seeing early playing time and making their mark on the team as pups. Players like Denzel Burke, J.K. Dobbins, TreVeyon Henderson, Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson all made their mark immediately in their first years as Buckeyes.
Most of this year's freshmen haven’t had the extended opportunities to play in their first year that those Buckeyes did, but the following five freshmen have shown flashes of what they can bring to the team when given the chance, making them promising candidates to make a bigger impact for Ohio State in the future – whether that be in this year’s College Football Playoff, next year or in the years to come.