Ohio could lose up to 16 starting positions if juniors leave

Submitted by michelin on

Beyond the 6 departing senior starters at Ohio, 10 more starting positions could be lost if juniors declare for the NFL or transfer to another school (which they can now do without penalty, due to the bowl ban).   Apparently, John Simon is considered a candidate for the NFL jump.  I am not sure about the others.  

My questions are:

What effect will the bowl ban and coaching changes have on their decisions?   

Are other schools contacting these juniors to assess their interest in leaving?

In addition, I wonder how many Ohio players were getting illegal payments under the table.  No doubt there are more than the NCAA has so far acknowledged, since a key informant refused to talk and implicate the other players. Moreover, if these players were getting payments and the payments stop due to the increased scrutiny, will these players bolt?  Will they worry what other details about them will gradually leak out (eg if ESPN wins the lawsuit and gets access to Smith and Tressel emails)?

 

Starting Junior Players

DEFENSE
DE
54 John Simon (6-2, 270, Jr.)


NT
53 Garrett Goebel (6-3, 290, RJr.)


MLB
32 Storm Klein (6-2, 230, Jr.)


SLB
6 Etienne Sabino (6-3, 242, RJr.)


LCB
7 Travis Howard (6-1, 190, Jr.)


OFFENSE
FB
44 Zach Boren (6-0, 252, Jr.)


TB
TE
11 Jake Stoneburner (6-5, 245, RJr.)


SPECIALISTS

P
17 Ben Buchanan (6-0, 180, RJr.)


PR
7 Jordan Hall (5-9, 195, Jr.)


KR
7 Jordan Hall (5-9, 195, Jr.)

 

ADDITION: as suggested by a poster below (Vivz), RS Soph players also are eligible to leave.  So, if we include three starters, who are RS So, the total losses for Ohio could, in theory, rise to 19 starting positions.  (see discussion below regarding how many ACTUAL losses are likely

 

RS SOPHS)
 

RT
93 Adam Bellamy (6-4, 302, RSo.)



RS
4 C.J. Barnett (6-0, 190, RSo.)

 


RG
74 Jack Mewhort (6-6, 303, RSo.)

 


http://buckeyebanter.com/football/13858#ixzz1hJX7bWdb

 

http://www.profootballdraftnetwork.com/articles/latest-articles/260-roa…

Asgardian

December 23rd, 2011 at 1:42 AM ^

I know it's a different situation w/ the bowl ban & new coach, but just looking at our starters...  if you take away all our juniors & RS sophmores here's all you've got left:

Countess

Morgan

Ryan....

and that's it (I guess you could count Hopkins & Dileo but that'd be a stretch IMO).

It's college football, almost everyone on the field at every program is at least an RS sophmore.

BRCE

December 23rd, 2011 at 2:22 AM ^

I'd be surprised if they lost more than John Simon, who would be wise to declare for the draft.

Russell Wilson notwithstanding, getting acclimated to a brand new program with only one year left doesn't seem like an easy thing to do.

 

Perkis-Size Me

December 23rd, 2011 at 11:15 AM ^

i'd like boren to stick around so when we do the grenade celebration again after beating ohio in columbus next year, he can lose even more respect for us.

because, you know, its such a classless thing to do......