Austin Siereveld was the lone Buckeye to play every snap on offense and defense as Ohio State used 70 total players in its season-opening 52-6 win over Akron.
While Ohio State’s starters played a little longer than expected against Akron, the Buckeyes still played deep into the bench before the end of their season opener.. 27 Buckeyes played snaps on offense and 32 Ohio State players got in the game on defense while another 11 scarlet and gray warriors played on special teams only.
Our first Snap Counts report of the season looking at how many snaps every Buckeye played and how Ohio State divided up playing time can be found below. Snap totals are courtesy ofHoward led nine drives in his first start as Ohio State’s quarterback, throwing passes on exactly half of his 56 snaps and completing 17 of them for 228 yards and three touchdowns. Brown took over for the Buckeyes’ final two possessions, completing just one of three passing attempts for six yards.
That makes it tough to suss out a clear depth chart at tight end right now. Kacmarek and Scott appear to be Ohio State’s top two players at the position, but Thurman also played multiple full drives with the starters against Akron. All of Christian’s snaps with the first-team offense came in multi-tight end formations, while he and Gurd split the snaps with the second-team offense in the fourth quarter.
All eight of Ohio State’s scholarship defensive ends saw action by the end of the game. Houston saw action on each of the Buckeyes’ final four defensive series and tipped two passes in his Ohio State debut, one of which was intercepted by Gabe Powers and returned for a 29-yard touchdown. Mickens and Kirks played their snaps on Akron’s final three possessions of the game.
Hicks made his first career start at Will linebacker but rotated throughout the game with Reese, who ended up playing one more snap than Hicks. Reese also played one series at Mike linebacker alongside Hicks in the fourth quarter after Styles checked out of the game upon Ohio State taking a 45-6 lead.
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