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Young Up-and-Coming Players to Watch Entering Spring Practice

With spring football set to begin at Ohio State on March 6, Eleven Warriors is previewing the Buckeyes ahead of their first practice of the year.

Spring practice is a time when young players emerge as challengers at many positions, and with solid performances, they could set themselves up to be contributors this year.

The following seven young players are among those who will bear watching this spring as players on the rise.

Matthew Baldwin, redshirt freshman, quarterback

Matthew Baldwin’s career has progressed insanely fast since 2017, when he played his first and only year as the starting quarterback at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas.