Here are 46 thoughts on Ohio State’s 46 scholarship defensive and special teams players entering the 2025 season.

Caleb Downs is among college football's best defensive players. However, the Ohio State safety faces a tough path to enter ...

The phrase has always been that Ohio State doesn’t rebuild, it only reloads. That theory is going to be put to the ultimate ...

Five of 11 players on the first team coming from the Big Ten is impressive. Sep 16, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, United States; Ohio State Buckeyes defensive end Jack Sawyer (33) and Ohio State Buckeyes ...

Jim Marshall, a standout defensive lineman for the Ohio State Buckeyes and a legendary NFL ironman with the Minnesota Vikings ...

Matt Patricia’s goal as he builds his first defense at Ohio State is simple: To put Ohio State’s players in positions that allow them to do what they do best. Patricia’s defensive philosophy ...

An Ohio State football legend has passed away. Former Buckeye and Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall died at the ...

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the defending national champions but still have work to do ahead of the 2025 season. Nowhere is that more true than on defense, where OSU will have to break in eight ...

In the immediate aftermath of Ohio State's hard-fought victory ... over Penn State and what amounted to a defensive masterpiece from Knowles and his players. Against an offense known for its ...