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Phil Harrison

Ranking all units on the Ohio State football team for 2021

We’re just a little over two weeks away from Ohio State kicking off the 2021 season against Minnesota up in the Twin Cities. Yes, it’s really that close.

And while the OSU team continues to prepare for the start of the season with by going through the paces in fall preseason camp, there are as always some things to sort out. There is some pretty good clarity at some positions, but others are going through a major overhaul akin to “Extreme Makeover” college football edition.

If you’ve followed the Ohio State football program for a few years now, you no doubt have heard the term “nine strong.” It’s the term former OSU head coach Urban Meyer used to quantify his entire football team needing to play well.

In honor of every position group within the Buckeye program, we’ve decided to rank each of the nine units by strength starting with No. 9 and ending at the strongest group for 2021.

So, here it goes. Feel free to reach out to us and tell us if you agree, or where you might make some changes.

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