Kye Stokes will no longer have a black stripe on his helmet at Ohio State practice.
The first-year safety is the first true freshman and just the second Buckeye to lose his black stripe this spring, as the four-star athlete prospect out of Seffner, Florida, is now "officially" a member of the scarlet and gray after joining the program as an early enrollee in the winter.
Stokes, listed at 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, was rated the No. 357 overall prospect in his class, but the Armwood High School alum has made quick progress with the Buckeyes this offseason.