Aaron Cox, a redshirt freshman defensive lineman from Mantua, Ohio, became the first Buckeye of 2018 to shed his black stripe when the program announced it Friday:
Congrats to @_aaroncox for losing that black stripe! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/KPof1xgnYf
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) March 30, 2018
A walk-on being the first of the season to lose his black stripe harkens back to 2013, when true freshman wide receiver Joe Ramstetter accomplished the feat.
Later in the afternoon, the program announced walk-on wide receiver De’Shawn White, a sophomore from Canton, Ohio, also lost his stripe:
What's good Lil Uzi Squirt @23toofast... Get that black stripe off!#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/kk0yfj4Qhb
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) March 30, 2018
