Who's starting for the Buckeyes? The Ohio State football depth chart, roster vs. Northwestern

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The Ohio State Buckeyes, now ranked No.2 in the College Football Playoff rankings, travel to Evanston, Illinois, to play the 1-7 Northwestern Wildcats at noon on Saturday.

Already having played six home games in 2022, this week's kickoff will mark the second straight on the road for OSU, which beat Penn State in Happy Valley last week.

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Ohio State will likely again be without Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the star junior receiver who has missed most of the season with a hamstring injury. Smith-Njigba's absence will probably last until the Michigan game, according to his father.

But Ohio State may have its full allotment of running backs. The Buckeyes have seen TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams deal with injuries this year. Williams was hurt last week against the Nittany Lions, but was seen walking away from the practice field Wednesday.

Here is the offensive and defensive depth chart and roster for the Northwestern game.

A quick look at the Ohio State roster, depth chart vs. Northwestern

Coach: Ryan Day

  • Fourth full season

  • 42-4 overall

Projected Ohio State depth chart: offense

OFFENSE

Ohio State offensive coordinator: Kevin Wilson

POS;NO.;PLAYER;HT;WT;YR

  • LT;77;Paris Johnson Jr.;6-6;310;Jr.

  • ;65;Zen Michalski;6-7;310;r-Fr.

  • LG;74;Donovan Jackson;6-4;300;r-Fr.

  • ;66;Enokk Vimahi;6-4;310;r-Fr.

  • C;53;Luke Wypler;6-3;300;r-So.

  • ;78;Jakob James;6-5;295;r-So.

  • RG;55;Matt Jones;6-4;315;Gr.

  • ;67;Tegra Tshabola;6-6;330;Fr.

  • RT;79;Dawand Jones;6-8;359;Sr.

  • ;70;Josh Fryar;6-6;320;r-So.

  • TE;8;Cade Stover;6-4;255;r-Jr.

  • ;34;Mitch Rossi;6-1;250;Sr.

  • WRX;18;Marvin Harrison Jr.;6-4;205;r-Fr.

  • ;10;Xavier Johnson;6-2;215;Gr

  • WRZ;4;Julian Fleming;6-2;205;Jr.

  • ;9;Jayden Ballard;6-2;196;r-Fr.

  • WRSL;2;Emeka Egbuka;6-1;205;r-Fr.

  • ;87;Reis Stocksdale;5-9;188;r-Fr.

  • QB;7;C.J. Stroud;6-3;218;r-So.

  • ;6;Kyle McCord;6-3;222;r-Fr.

  • RB;32;TreVeyon Henderson;5-10;214;r-Fr.

  • ;3;Miyan Williams;5-9;225;r-So.

Projected Ohio State depth chart: defense

Ohio State defensive coordinator: Jim Knowles

POS;NO.;PLAYER;HT;WT;YR

  • DE;44;J.T. Tuimoloau;6-4;270;r-Fr.

  • ;8;Javontae Jean-Baptiste;6-5;249;Gr.

  • NT;6;Taron Vincent;6-2;300;Gr.

  • ;86;Jerron Cage;6-2;305;r-Sr.

  • DT;51;Mike Hall Jr.;6-2;290;r-Fr.

  • ;58;Ty Hamilton;6-3;294;r-So.

  • JACK;9;Zach Harrison;6-6;272;Sr.

  • ;33;Jack Sawyer;6-4;267;r-Fr.

  • WLB;22;Steele Chambers;6-1;232;r-Jr.

  • ;30;Cody Simon;6-2;239;Jr.

  • MLB;35;Tommy Eichenberg;6-2;239;r-Jr.

  • ;19;Chip Trayanum;5-11;230;Jr.

  • CB;5;Denzel Burke;6-1;190;r-Fr.

  • ;18;Jyaire Brown;5-11;180;Fr.

  • FS;14;Ronnie Hickman;6-1;207;r-Jr.

  • ;2;Kourt Williams II;6-1;220;r-So.

  • BAN;12;Lathan Ransom;6-1;207;Jr.

  • ;41;Josh Proctor;6-2;205;Sr.

  • CB;26;Cam Brown;6-0;192;Gr.

  • ;29;Ryan Turner;5-11;188;Fr.

  • NB;15;Tanner McCalister;5-11;195;Gr.

  • ;4;JK Johnson;6-0;179;r-Fr.

Projected OSU depth chart: special teams

POS;NO.;PLAYER;HT;WT;YR

  • PK;95;Noah Ruggles;6-2;190;Gr.

  • ;98;Jake Seibert;6-1;205;r-So.

  • KO;38;Jayden Fielding;6-0;175;Fr.

  • ;95;Noah Ruggles;6-2;190;Gr.

  • P;29;Jesse Mirco;6-4;220;r-Fr.

  • ;96;Michael O’Shaughnessy;6-3;208;Sr.

  • LS;42;Bradley Robinson;6-1;230;Gr.

  • ;94;Mason Arnold;6-0;228;r-Fr.

  • H;29;Jesse Mirco;6-4;220;r-Fr.

  • ;96;Michael O’Shaughnessy;6-3;208;Sr.

  • KR;19;Chip Trayanum;5-11;230;Jr.

  • PR;12;Emeka Egbuka;6-1;205;r-Fr.

Ohio State football stats 2022

SCORING

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Ohio State:124;82;101;84

Opponents;34;50;13;38

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OSU total: 391/ Avg.: 48.9

Opp total: 135/ Avg.: 16.9

PER-GAME AVERAGES

Rushing: 191.5

Passing: 317.8

vs. rush: 93.4

vs. pass: 176.8

FIRST DOWNS

Rushing: 72

Passing: 109

Penalty: 16

vs. rush: 35

vs. pass: 59

vs. penalty: 13

CONVERSIONS

3rd down: 47-94 (50.0 pct)

4th down: 10-10 (100.0 pct)

vs. 3rd down: 29-110 (26.4 pct)

vs. 4th down: 6-16 (37.5 pct)

PENALTIES

OSU: 43-377 (47.1 avg)

OPP: 45-371 (46.4 avg)

RED ZONE PCT

Scores: 40-41 (97.6 pct)

Touchdowns: 33-41 (80.5 pct)

OPP scores: 12-14 (85.7 pct)

OPP TDs: 7-14 (50.0 pct)

ATTENDANCE AVG

OSU: 104,438

OPP: 90,621

Ohio State football stats: Team leaders

Rushing: TreVeyon Henderson, 96-552 (5.8 avg) 6 TD; Miyan Williams, 76-525 (6.9 avg) 10 TD; Dallan Hayden, 54-255 (4.7 avg) 1 TD; TC Caffey, 10-66 (6.6 avg) 1 TD

Passing: C.J. Stroud, 159 of 223 (71.3 pct) 2,377 yds, 29 TD; Kyle McCord, 14-18 (77.8 pct) 165 yds, 1 TD

Receiving: Marvin Harrison Jr., 48-783 (16.3 avg) 10 TD; Emeka Egbuka, 47-788 (16.8 avg) 7 TD; Cade Stover, 24-309 (12.9 avg) 3 TD; Julian Fleming, 19-354 (18.6 avg) 6 TD; Jayden Ballard, 7-131 (18.7 avg) 1 TD; Xavier Johnson, 5-48 (9.6 avg) 1 TD; Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 5-43 (8.6 avg)

Kick scoring: Noah Ruggles, 9-11 FG, 52-52 XP (79 pts)

Tackles: Tommy Eichenberg, 72 (43 solo); Steele Chambers, 44 (25); Lathan Ransom, 36 (23); Cody Simon, 27 (14); Ronnie Hickman, 29 (12); Mike Hall Jr., 16 (9); Josh Proctor, 16 (11); Denzel Burke, 16 (9); Jack Sawyer, 15 (6); Javontae Jean-Baptiste, 15 (7); J.T. Tuimoloau, 15 (8)

Interceptions-yds: Tanner McCalister, 3-41; J.T. Tuimoloau, 2-16; Tommy Eichenberg, 1-15; Steele Chambers, 1-12; Ronnie Hickman, 1-8; Zach Harrison, 1-2; Lathan Ransom, 1-0

Sacks-yds lost: Mike Hall Jr., 4.5-39; Javontae Jean-Baptiste, 3.5-19; J.T. Tuimoloau, 2.5-19; Tommy Eichenberg, 2.5-12; Jack Sawyer, 2-7; Jerron Cage, 1.5-8; Steele Chambers, 1-7; Ryan Turner, 1-6; Cody Simon, 1-6; Zach Harrison, 1-4; Tyleik Williams, 1-2; Caden Curry, 0.5-0

Punting: Jesse Mirco, 24 att, 45.8 avg, 13 i20; Michael O'Shaughnessy, 1 att, 41.0 avg. Opponents: 47 att, 45.1 avg, 13 i20.

Kick returns: Chip Trayanum, 3 ret, 29 yds (9.7 avg); Xavier Johnson, 1 ret, 26 yds; Emeka Egbuka, 1 ret, 25 yds; Jayden Ballard 1 ret, 0 yds

Punt returns: Emeka Egbuka, 8-59 (7.4 avg), Jayden Ballard, 1-14; Jakailin Johnson, 1-0

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