Ohio State’s need for new leaders to step up has been one of the most-discussed storylines of the offseason both within and outside the program.
While the Buckeyes are loaded with talent, and are therefore expected to contend for a championship once again, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has reiterated on several occasions leading up to the season that the Buckeyes need strong leadership – the type of leadership that departed captains like J.T. Barrett, Billy Price and Tyquan Lewis will no longer be there to provide – in order to realize their potential.
"I know we didn’t win a national championship, but that was a heck of a team we had last year, and a heck of a group of older players that I love to death and went through the wars together," Meyer said after the spring game.