Ohio State’s smaller group of captains this season speaks to just how highly respected these three players are by their Buckeye teammates.
While Ohio State had named at least six captains for each of the last 10 years, the Buckeyes will have just a trio of captains this year: Tommy Eichenberg, Cade Stover and Xavier Johnson. Trimming down the number of captains was a move that many felt was overdue after the group had swelled to as many as nine captains in one year over the past decade. However, Day said the decision to go with a more exclusive group of captains this season was based simply on the fact that those three players received significantly more votes than the rest of their teammates.