{"id":2851,"date":"2022-12-30T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/ohio-state-footballs-greatest-team-of-players-ever\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:10:00","slug":"ohio-state-footballs-greatest-team-of-players-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/ohio-state-footballs-greatest-team-of-players-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Football&#8217;s Greatest Team of Players Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In honor of the college football playoffs, <em>sports illustrated<\/em> has named all-time teams in three of the sport&#8217;s historic programs.Previous <span>Ohio<\/span> collide with <span>Georgia<\/span> In Saturday&#8217;s semifinals, SI will select the best of the Buckeyes greats who have defined good football players during the Columbus era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more: Michigan All-Time Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"offense\">Offense:<\/h2>\n<p>QB Troy Smith (2003-&#8217;06)<br \/>RB Ezekiel Elliott (2013-&#8217;15)<br \/>RB Eddie George (1992-&#8217;95)<br \/>RB Archie Griffin (1972-&#8217;75)<br \/>WR Chris Carter (1984-&#8217;86)<br \/>WR Terry Glenn (1992-&#8217;95)<br \/>OL Orlando Pace (1994-&#8217;96)<br \/>OL Bill Willis (1942-&#8217;44)<br \/>OL John Hicks (1970, &#8217;72, &#8217;73)<br \/>OL Jim Parker (1954-56)<br \/>OL LeCharles Bentley (1998-2001)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"defense\">defense:<\/h2>\n<p>DL Joey Bosa (2013 ~ &#8217;15)<br \/>DL Jim Stillwagon (1968-&#8217;70)<br \/>DL Mike Vrabel (1993-&#8217;96)<br \/>DL Chase Young (2017-&#8217;19)<br \/>LB Tom Kasno (1975-&#8217;78)<br \/>LB James Laurinaitis (2005 &#8211; &#8217;08)<br \/>LB Chris Spielman (1984-&#8217;87)<br \/>DB Mike Doss (1999-2002)<br \/>DB Malcolm Jenkins (2005-&#8217;08)<br \/>DB Jack Tatum (1968-&#8217;70)<br \/>DB Antoine Winfield (1995-&#8217;98)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"special-teams\">Special Team:<\/h2>\n<p>K. Mike Nugent (2001-&#8217;04)<br \/>P. Tom Tupa (1984-&#8217;87)<br \/>KR-PR Ted Ginn Jr. (2004-&#8217;06)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"coach\">coach:<\/h2>\n<p>Woody Hayes (1951-&#8217;78)<\/p>\n<hr class=\"mm-horizontal-rule mm-horizontal-rule--hr1\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"roster-highlights\">Roster highlights:<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"quarterback-troy-smith\">Quarterback: Troy Smith<\/h3>\n<p>After leading Ohio through an undefeated 2006 regular season, Smith, a landslide winner of the Heisman Trophy, also surpassed 300 yards in the last two games in a 3-0 victory over Michigan.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"running-back-archie-griffin\">Running back: Archie Griffin<\/h3>\n<p>The only player to win the Heisman Trophy twice (1974 and 1975), Griffin ran for 100+ yards in 31 straight games and holds the Ohio State rushing record of 5,589 yards.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"running-back-ezekiel-elliott\">Running back: Ezekiel Elliott<\/h3>\n<p>Elliott has two of the top four rushing seasons in Buckeyes history, and in 2015, he threw 230 yards against Alabama in the semifinals and 246 yards against Oregon in the finals, all in college. Helped win the football playoff.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"wide-receiver-cris-carter\">Wide Receiver: Chris Carter<\/h3>\n<p>The first Buckeye receiver to be named All-American not only made acrobatic highlight reel play, but was able to keep the chain moving.  In 1986, he recorded his 69 receptions for 1,127 yards.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"defensive-end-chase-young\">Defender: Chase Young<\/h3>\n<p>In 2019, Young won the Nagurski Award and the Bednarik Award for Top Defensive Player, tallying 16 1\/2 sacks in one game against Wisconsin, including a record four-game tie, despite missing two games. did.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"defensive-end-joey-bosa\">Defense: Joey Bosa<\/h3>\n<p>The first in a string of fearsome pass rushers that included older brothers Nick (2016-18) and Young, Bosa was a two-time All-American and had 26 sacks in three seasons.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"linebacker-james-laurinaitis\">Linebacker: James Laurinaitis<\/h3>\n<p>Model middle linebacker Laurinaitis garnered accolades in Columbus. He is a three-time All-American, a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and in 2006 he was the recipient of the Nagurski Award, given to the nation&#8217;s top defensive player.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"defensive-back-jack-tatum\">Defensive back: Jack Tatum<\/h3>\n<p>Voted Defensive Player of the Year in 1970, the physical cornerback set the tone with some hard-hitting tackles for a team that won 27-2 when he started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/template\" id=\"facebookPixel1103097776498609\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n{n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}\n;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n(function(){\n    fbq('init', '1103097776498609');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    var contentId = 'ci02b3f7ff80002618';\n    if (contentId !== '') {\n        fbq('track', 'ViewContent', {content_ids: [contentId], content_type: 'product'});\n    }\n})();<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiVGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNpLmNvbS9jb2xsZWdlLzIwMjIvMTIvMzAvb2hpby1zdGF0ZS1mb290YmFsbC1hbGwtdGltZS10ZWFtLWJlc3QtcGxheWVyc9IBWWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNpLmNvbS8uYW1wL2NvbGxlZ2UvMjAyMi8xMi8zMC9vaGlvLXN0YXRlLWZvb3RiYWxsLWFsbC10aW1lLXRlYW0tYmVzdC1wbGF5ZXJz?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] In honor of the college football playoffs, sports illustrated has named all-time teams in three of the sport&#8217;s historic programs.Previous Ohio collide with Georgia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ezekiel-elliott-ohio-state-all-time-team.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}