Ohio State has its second entrant into the transfer portal in the post-spring window.
Caleb Burton, a redshirt freshman wide receiver who did not play any snaps for the Buckeyes in 2022, entered the transfer portal on Tuesday.
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— Caleb Burton III (@calebburtoniii) April 25, 2023
A four-star recruit ranked as the No. 132 overall prospect in the 2022 class, Burton did not play at all as a true freshman. He appeared to build momentum during bowl practices last December, when he lost his black stripe, and C.J. Stroud identified Burton as a Buckeye who had “done a hell of a job” and “gotten a lot better.”
However, an injury on the first day of spring practices prevented Burton from showing what he could do this spring. In the most loaded position group on Ohio State’s roster, Burton was likely to be buried on the depth chart once again in 2023.
After the first spring practice alone, Ryan Day said first-year early enrollee wideouts Carnell Tate, Noah Rogers and Bryson Rodgers were already pushing the second-year Buckeyes in the position group, and Tate went on to tie for the team lead in offensive snaps played during the spring game. Not to mention, five-star wide receiver recruit Brandon Inniss – the top-rated prospect in Ohio State's 2023 class – will join the program this summer.
“The truth is they're gonna get really pushed by this freshman group. The three guys that came in have already made an impact,” Day said last month. “We've been very impressed with them. And then Brandon coming in this summer.
Burton is the first member of the 2022 class to leave the Buckeyes. He joins kicker Jake Seibert as Buckeyes who have entered the portal since the end of spring practice, and his departure brings Ohio State down to 87 scholarship players.
