The 1995 winner of the Heisman Trophy, George ranks fourth in Ohio State history with 3,768 rushing yards. We started with the offensive side of the ball and will also bring you the defense as well as the coaches and specialists. Eddie George, Running Back (1992-95) Patrick Green/Icon Sportswire. There are tough decisions to make, and some very, very, very good players that didn’t quite make the cut. Record: 11-1 (3rd of 111) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 2nd in the Final AP poll. In other words, not every all-time roster is created equal, and you’d be hard-pressed to find one as good as what you could throw out there in a flurry of scarlet and gray accolades.īut back to the task at hand? Who would you pick to round out an-all time roster including starters and backups? Would you agree with what we came up with here on Buckeyes Wire? Several members of Ohio State’s 2002 national championship team appeared on ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday morning and paid tribute to four late members of that team in the process. That’s the exercise we went through in picking an all-time roster for a program that has more than a few iconic players to choose from. (c) All-Century captains Notes regarding selections edit Notable Buckeyes not chosen to the team include College Football Hall of Fame players Jim Daniel and Aurelius Thomas, Hall of Fame coaches Francis Schmidt and Howard Jones, Big Ten Conference MVPs Jack Graf and Cornelius Greene, and three-time All-America selection Lew Hinchman. If you could go into a lab and find a way to revive any Ohio State football player from history to field a team of the best at each position during their college careers, what players would you pick?

Ohio state football roster 1996