Jermaine Mathews will officially arrive at Ohio State to begin his career as a Buckeye on Sunday, but he already got a sneak peek at life as an Ohio State football player last week when the Buckeyes played Georgia in the Peach Bowl.
Mathews was one of three incoming freshmen, along with tight end Jelani Thurman and defensive tackle Will Smith Jr., who joined the Buckeyes in Atlanta to be with the team for their College Football Playoff semifinal. Ohio State invited its incoming midyear enrollees to go through Peach Bowl preparations with the team and watch the game from the sidelines, and while many of them were unable to attend due to participating in the All-American Bowl or Under Armour All-America Game, Mathews took advantage of the opportunity to experience the CFP with his soon-to-be teammates.