Urban Meyer's black stripe tradition is carrying on with Ryan Day and three walk-on linebackers have the honor of becoming Day's first players to have theirs removed.
Linebackers Logan Hittle, Cade Kacherski and Ben Schmiesing all shed their black stripes on Thursday, the first three players of the 2019 team to lose their stripes.
Hittle is a senior walk-on linebacker out of Tri-Valley High School in Nashport, Ohio where he was a four-year member of both the football and basketball programs, captaining both teams his senior season. He joined Ohio State football team in the winter of 2018.