Ohio State’s travel roster for Saturday’s game against Northwestern features seven different players from the Buckeyes’ last road trip to Penn State, including five position players who are on the travel roster for the first time this season.
Defensive end Joshua Mickens, defensive tackle Will Smith Jr., linebacker Garrett Stover, cornerback Bryce West and safety Leroy Roker III are all on the travel roster for the first time this year after they did not make the trip for Ohio State’s first three road games of the season at Michigan State, Oregon and Penn State.
They replace Mitchell Melton, Jason Moore, Aaron Scott Jr., Calvin Simpson-Hunt and Keenan Nelson Jr. in the group of 74 players who made the trip to Chicago. Melton, Scott and Simpson-Hunt were all unavailable for the trip due to injuries.
Ohio State also made two changes to its contingent of backup specialists from the Penn State game. Nick McLarty, who began the season on the travel roster but was replaced for the last two road games by Anthony Venneri, is back on the travel roster as the backup punter. Collin Johnson, who was OSU’s backup long snapper for the season’s first two road trips but was replaced by Max Lomonico at Penn State, is also back on the travel roster as John Ferlmann’s backup at long snapper.
The full travel roster for Ohio State’s final road game of the regular season:
Quarterbacks (5)
Devin Brown
Will Howard
Lincoln Kienholz
Chad Ray
Julian Sayin
Running Backs (4)
TreVeyon Henderson
Quinshon Judkins
James Peoples
Sam Williams-Dixon
Wide Receivers (9)
David Adolph
Kojo Antwi
Jayden Ballard
Emeka Egbuka
Mylan Graham
Brandon Inniss
Bryson Rodgers
Jeremiah Smith
Carnell Tate
Tight Ends (5)
Bennett Christian
Patrick Gurd
Max LeBlanc
Gee Scott Jr.
Jelani Thurman
Offensive Linemen (12)
George Fitzpatrick
Josh Fryar
Carson Hinzman
Donovan Jackson
Seth McLaughlin
Luke Montgomery
Ian Moore
Joshua Padilla
Austin Siereveld
Tegra Tshabola
Gabe VanSickle
Toby Wilson
Defensive Ends (5)
Caden Curry
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
Joshua Mickens
Jack Sawyer
JT Tuimoloau
Defensive Tackles (7)
Ty Hamilton
Eddrick Houston
Hero Kanu
Tywone Malone Jr.
Kayden McDonald
Will Smith Jr.
Tyleik Williams
Linebackers (8)
C.J. Hicks
Payton Pierce
Gabe Powers
Arvell Reese
Cody Simon
Garrett Stover
Sonny Styles
Joey Velazquez
Cornerbacks (6)
Denzel Burke
Jordan Hancock
Davison Igbinosun
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
Lorenzo Styles Jr.
Bryce West
Safeties (7)
Jayden Bonsu
Caleb Downs
Malik Hartford
Brenten “Inky” Jones
Jaylen McClain
Lathan Ransom
Leroy Roker III
Kickers (2)
Jayden Fielding
Austin Snyder
Punters (2)
Joe McGuire
Nick McLarty
Long Snapper (2)
John Ferlmann
Collin Johnson
