ANN ARBOR, Mich. – After making the difficult decision to take a redshirt this season so that he could play for the Buckeyes next year as a fifth-year senior, Jonathon Cooper had to make another tough choice.
Having played in only three games this season when he announced prior to last weekend’s game against Penn State that he would redshirt this year, Cooper was still eligible – thanks to the rule change passed last year that allows football players to participate in up to four games and still redshirt – to play in one more game.