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Ohio State is without Emeka Egbuka for Saturday’s game against Purdue.

Egbuka did not make the trip to West Lafayette and will not play in Saturday’s game against the Boilermakers, Ryan Day confirmed after the team’s arrival at their hotel on Friday.

.@ryandaytime confirms upon arrival here in Lafayette, Ind., that wr @emeka_egbuka did not make trip, recovering from lower leg injury suffered vs MD. Day touched on several subjects, including weather, run game, etc. headed toward Saturday noon kickoff at Purdue. pic.twitter.com/ob0D9V4xCk

— Tim May (@TIM_MAYsports) October 13, 2023

Egbuka was injured early in the fourth quarter against Maryland when he was tackled along the sideline on an 8-yard catch.