Marvin Harrison Jr., Jack Sawyer, Devin Brown and Mitchell Melton are among the Buckeyes we'll be keeping a close eye on during Saturday's spring game at Ohio Stadium.
We’ll cheat here and add both quarterbacks that are expected to play most of the snaps under center on Saturday, as C.J. Stroud will likely exit the game early given his veteran status in the program.
There will be no separating what one does without the context of the other player’s performance, as McCord and Brown will likely be duking it out until next offseason to become the heir apparent to Stroud in the Buckeye offense. It won’t be the top storyline of this weekend’s spring game, with the new-look Jim Knowles defense sure to steal plenty of headlines, but we’d be lying to say we won’t also be keyed in on how Ohio State’s backup QBs perform at Ohio Stadium on Saturday.
McCord turned heads in last year’s event, going 12-for-17 with 184 yards, two touchdowns and no picks, but Brown will be making his spring game debut as a true freshman in the program.Expectations weren’t necessarily sky-high for Mitchell Melton entering the spring, given that the third-year linebacker missed all of 2021 with a torn ACL and didn’t get on the field a whole lot the year before that, either.
Melton should see a considerable amount of playing time Saturday, should the Jack position be utilized as much as we expect, and it will be Melton’s first-ever spring game appearance at Ohio State.It’s hard to mention Harrison’s name without also bringing Egbuka up soon after, as both sophomore wide receivers seem to share a similar trajectory as future superstars in the same mold as Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Smith-Njigba.
Julian Fleming, who just as easily could have made this list, will be another player to keep a close eye on this weekend as he tries to stave off his younger counterparts from taking more of his snaps in 2022.
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