This article highlights 10 former Ohio State University football players who excelled in the 2024 NFL season. It delves into their individual accomplishments, contributions to their teams, and overall impact on the league.
A total of 60 former Ohio State players who finished their college careers with the Buckeyes played in at least one NFL game this season.
Standout performers included a trio of 1,000-yard receivers, an All-Pro defensive tackle who continues to defy Father Time, a cornerback who led the NFL in pass breakups, a running back who returned to form after multiple injury-plagued seasons, two of the NFL’s top edge defenders, an emerging star left tackle and a quarterback who led his team to its second division title in as many seasons. After the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl on Sunday, we count down the 10 former Ohio State players who had the best seasons in the NFL over the past year. (Stroud earns the last spot on our top-10 countdown this year after ranking as Ohio State’s No. 1 player in the NFL last year. While Stroud wasn’t as efficient in his second NFL season as he was as a rookie, he was still good enough to lead the Texans to an AFC South title and a first-round playoff win for the second year in a row. His 3,727 passing yards were the second-most ever for an NFL quarterback from Ohio State – behind only his rookie season – and the 15th-most in the NFL in 2024. A porous Texans offensive line and injuries at the wide receiver position made life difficult for Stroud in his sophomore season, but he still led the Texans to 11 wins between the regular season and postseason, showing his capability of being one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks for years to come. After playing in just 10 total games from 2021-23 due to knee and Achilles injuries that threatened to end his career, Dobbins bounced back in a big way in his first season with the Chargers to re-emerge as one of the NFL’s best running backs. Dobbins finished second in the vote for the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award as he rushed for 905 yards and nine touchdowns on 195 carries while also catching 32 passes for 153 yards, setting or matching career-highs in all categories despite missing four games. He finished the year 10th in the NFL in rushing yards per game (69.6) while helping the Chargers earn a wild-card berth in the playoffs. Everything about J.K. Dobbins and his character are summed up in this award. Sucks not seeing more people advocating for him. Injuries he had are ridiculous and end the careers of elite skill players. While Stroud took a step back in his second NFL season, Ohio State’s other top-10 pick from the 2023 draft took a big step forward to emerge as one of the NFL’s top young offensive tackles. Johnson led the way up front for the Cardinals to rank second in the NFL in rushing yards per attempt with 5.3 yards per carry this season. He also allowed just four sacks in 14 starts as the Cardinals’ left tackle, allowing Arizona to rank fifth in the NFL in sacks allowed (30). Cooper continues to be one of Ohio State’s best NFL success stories as the 2021 seventh-round draft pick notched his first double-digit sack season in 2024, accumulating 10.5 quarterback takedowns while helping lead the Broncos to their first playoff appearance in nine years. Highly productive as both a pass-rusher and run defender, Cooper was one of the leaders of a Broncos defense that ranked third in the NFL with only 18.3 points allowed per game. He was one of only seven NFL players to record more than 50 total tackles and double-digit sacks during the 2024 regular season.52 tackles, 15 TFL, 9 sacks, 24 QB hits, 61 QB pressures, 1 INT, 1 PD, 1 FF, 1 FR By his standards, 2024 was a down year for Bosa. Yet he was still one of the best defensive ends in the NFL. Bosa failed to reach double-digit sacks for the first time in four years and the 49ers were one of the NFL’s most disappointing teams as they failed to make the playoffs. But Bosa was graded by Pro Football Focus as the NFL’s fourth-best edge defender (91.0) and was selected to the Pro Bowl for the fifth time in six NFL seasons. Bosa’s 24 quarterback hits tied for the seventh-most in the NFL this season while his 15 tackles for loss tied for 13th and his 61 total quarterback pressures tied for 12th. Wilson’s lone season catching passes from Aaron Rodgers didn’t result in the team success that it was supposed to for the New York Jets, but it did result in Wilson’s most productive season yet as an NFL wide receiver. Wilson set career-highs in receptions (101), receiving yards (1,104) and touchdowns (seven) in his third NFL season, finishing seventh in the league in catches and 14th in the league in receiving yards. He became just the 10th player in NFL history to top 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three NFL seasons. Much like at Ohio State, Smith-Njigba’s production exploded in his second season in the NFL as he emerged as one of the league’s elite receiver
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