Logan Hittle had no expectations of playing football for the Buckeyes when he chose to attend Ohio State as a student.
While Hittle played football at Tri-Valley High School near his hometown of Nashport, Ohio, and chose Ohio State in part because of its athletic tradition, he never envisioned trying out for the team. But on his first day as a student facility worker at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in the fall of 2017, a conversation with assistant director of player personnel Eron Hodges – who served as Ohio State’s walk-on coordinator at the time – made that suddenly seem more realistic.