It's unclear if Ohio State will top the mark it set last year for largest spring game crowd ever (99,391), but we at least now know what the rosters are set to look like on both sides of the annual Scarlet and Gray scrimmage Saturday at Ohio Stadium.
The program announced the rosters for the 2016 LifeSports Spring Game Friday. They can be seen below.
Urban Meyer always loves big crowds for the spring game, a point he reiterated this week. Ohio State's head coach hopes the attendance number reaches six figures Saturday.
"This year more than last year, I want to see Joe Burrow perform in front of 100,000 people in the stadium," Meyer said Monday. "And I want to see Mike Weber perform in front of 100,000 people. On the defensive line, how is Dre'Mont (Jones) going to perform in a nice, loud environment where things are going on and it's chaos? So I'm appealing to our fans to come out and support us."
Ohio State sold 77,000 presale tickets as of Friday, a number that does not include students which get in free with their BuckID.
Kickoff Saturday is set for 1:30 p.m. The Ohio State men's lacrosse team hosts Michigan before the spring game at 11 a.m.
Full rosters:
2016 LifeSports Spring Game Scarlet Roster
Head Coach: Greg Schiano // Assistants: Ed Warinner, Larry Johnson, Tim Beck
* Indicates varsity letters won; Class/eligibility based on 2016 fall semester
| No | Name | Pos | Ht | Wg | Cl/Elg | Hometown/High School (Last School) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dontre Wilson*** | H-B | 5-10 | 195 | Sr/Sr | DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto |
| 3 | Damon Arnette | CB | 6-0 | 191 | So/Fr | Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Acquinas |
| 4 | Curtis Samuel** | H-B | 5-11 | 200 | Jr/Jr | Brooklyn, N.Y./Erasmus Hall |
| 5 | Johnnie Dixon | WR | 5-11 | 194 | Jr/So | West Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer |
| 9 | Jashon Cornell | DL | 6-3 | 265 | So/Fr | St Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall |
| 11 | Austin Mack | WR | 6-2 | 210 | Fr/Fr | Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Luers |
| 13 | Stephen Collier | QB | 6-4 | 225 | Jr/So | Leesburg, Ga./Lee County |
| 13 | Rashod Berry | DE | 6-4 | 245 | So/Fr | Lorain, Ohio/Lorain |
| 14 | Joshua Norwood | CB | 5-10 | 175 | So/Fr | Valdosta, Ga./Valdosta |
| 16 | J.T. Barrett** | QB | 6-2 | 225 | Sr/Jr | Wichita Falls, Texas/Rider |
| 16 | Cam Burrows** | SAF | 6-0 | 208 | Sr/Jr | Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood Madison |
| 17 | Jerome Baker* | LB | 6-1 | 215 | So/So | Cleveland, Ohio/Benedictine |
| 17 | C.J. Saunders | CB | 5-11 | 173 | So/So | Dublin, Ohio/Coffman |
| 19 | Joe Ramstetter | WR | 6-3 | 225 | Sr/Sr | Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder |
| 19 | Eric Glover-Williams | CB | 5-9 | 175 | So/So | Canton, Ohio/McKinley |
| 20 | Mike Weber | RB | 5-10 | 215 | So/Fr | Detroit, Michigan/Cass Tech |
| 20 | Khaleed Franklin | SAF | 6-1 | 215 | Sr/Sr | Columbus, Ohio/Beechcroft |
| 21 | Trevon Forte | CB | 5-8 | 175 | Jr/Jr | Youngstown, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney |
| 21 | Parris Campbell* | WR | 6-1 | 205 | Jr/So | Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary |
| 25 | Logan Kelleher | CB | 5-10 | 195 | Jr/Jr | Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller |
| 26 | Jarrod Barnes | SAF | 5-11 | 193 | Gr/Sr | Westerville, Ohio/Westerville South |
| 26 | Patrick Wise | RB | 5-10 | 205 | Jr/Jr | Warren, Ohio/ Warren G. Harding |
| 29 | Alex Craft | P/K | 6-1 | 220 | Fr/Fr | Kettering, Ohio/Archbishop Alter |
| 30 | Jared Drake | LB | 6-0 | 220 | So/So | Westerville, Ohio/Westerville |
| 30 | Tyler Durbin | K | 6-3 | 200 | Sr/Sr | Fairfax, Va./Lake Braddock |
| 35 | Alex Blackenstoe | RB | 6-0 | 228 | Jr/So | Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson |
| 36 | Zach Turnure | LB | 6-1 | 235 | Sr/Sr | St. Louis, Mo./CBC |
| 38 | Craig Fada*** | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 5th/Sr | Columbus,Ohio/Bishop Watterson |
| 42 | Darius Slade* | DL | 6-4 | 255 | Jr./So | Montclair, N.J./Montclair |
| 44 | Aaron Mawhirter | LS | 6-1 | 230 | Sr/Sr | Sandusky, Ohio/Perkins |
| 44 | Guy Ferrelli | TE | 6-1 | 245 | Sr/Sr | Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Ready |
| 46 | CinQuan Haney | SAF | 6-1 | 200 | Sr/Sr | Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julianne |
| 48 | Joe Burger*** | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 5th/Sr | Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle |
| 49 | Liam McCullough | LS | 6-2 | 210 | So/Fr | Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne |
| 54 | Billy Price** | OL | 6-4 | 315 | Sr/Jr | Austintown, Ohio/Fitch |
| 55 | Malik Barrow | DL | 6-3 | 287 | Fr/Fr | Tampa, Fla./Catholic & IMG Academy |
| 57 | Robert Landers | DT | 6-1 | 290 | So/Fr | Dayton, Ohio/Huber Heights Wayne |
| 58 | Joshua Alabi | DT | 6-5 | 295 | So/Fr | Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech |
| 59 | Isaiah Prince* | OL | 6-7 | 305 | So/So | Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 60 | Blake Pfenning | OL | 6-5 | 305 | So/So | Wapakoneta, Ohio/Wapakoneta |
| 65 | Pat Elflein*** | OC | 6-3 | 300 | 5th/Sr | Pickerington, Ohio/North |
| 67 | Grant Schmidt | OL | 6-6 | 300 | So/Fr | Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt |
| 70 | Curtis Henry | DE | 6-3 | 280 | Jr/Jr | Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville |
| 72 | Tyler Gerald | OL | 6-5 | 330 | Fr/Fr | Protsmouth, Ohio/East & IMG Academy |
| 73 | Michael Jordan | OL | 6-7 | 316 | Fr/Fr | Canton, Mich./Plymouth |
| 74 | Jamarco Jones** | OL | 6-5 | 310 | Jr/Jr | Chicago, Ill./De La Salle |
| 77 | Kevin Feder | OL | 6-9 | 305 | So/Fr | Ramsey, N.J./Don Boscoe Prep |
| 78 | Demetrius Knox* | OL | 6-4 | 305 | Jr/So | Fort Worth, Texas/All Saints Episcopal |
| 79 | Brady Taylor | OL | 6-5 | 300 | Jr/So | Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Ready |
| 80 | Noah Brown* | WR | 6-2 | 222 | Jr/So | Flanders, N.J./Pope John XXII |
| 82 | James Clark* | WR | 5-10 | 185 | Sr/Jr | New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna Beach |
| 85 | Marcus Baugh** | TE | 6-5 | 255 | Sr/Jr | Riverside, Calif./J.W. North |
| 91 | Philip Silverman | TE | 6-0 | 230 | So/So | Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore |
| 94 | Dylan Thompson | DL | 6-5 | 275 | Jr/So | Lombard, Ill./Montini Catholic |
| 95 | Cameron Johnston*** | P | 5-11 | 195 | Sr/Sr | Geelong, Austrailia/St. Joseph's |
| 96 | Sean Nuernberger** | K | 6-1 | 220 | Jr/Jr | Buckner, Ky./Oldham County H.S. |
| 98 | Dominic Garris | K | 5-11 | 180 | Jr/Jr | Lancaster, Ohio/Bloom Carroll |
2016 LifeSports Spring Game Gray Roster
Head Coach: Tony Alford // Assistants: Kerry Coombs, Zach Smith, Greg Studrawa, Luke Fickell
* Indicates varsity letters won; Class/eligibility based on 2016 fall semester
| No | Name | Pos | Ht | Wg | Cl/Elg | Hometown/High School (Last School) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erick Smith** | SAF | 6-0 | 202 | Jr/Jr | Cleveland, Ohio / Glenville |
| 2 | Marshon Lattimore* | CB | 6-0 | 195 | Jr/So | Cleveland, Ohio / Glenville |
| 3 | Antonio Williams | RB | 5-11 | 215 | Fr/Fr | New London, N.C./North Stanly |
| 5 | Raekwon McMillan** | LB | 6-2 | 240 | Jr/Jr | Hilesville, Ga./Liberty County |
| 6 | Torrance Gibson | WR | 6-4 | 205 | So/Fr | Plantation, Fla./American Heritage |
| 6 | Sam Hubbard* | DE | 6-5 | 265 | Jr/So | Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller |
| 7 | Damon Webb** | SAF | 5-11 | 193 | Jr/Jr | Detroit, Mich/Cass Tech |
| 8 | Gareon Conley | CB | 6-0 | 195 | Sr/Jr | Massillon, Ohio/Washington |
| 10 | Joe Burrow | QB | 6-3 | 208 | So/Fr | The Plains, Ohio/Athens |
| 10 | Jalyn Holmes** | DL | 6-5 | 265 | Jr/Jr | Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor |
| 11 | Justin Cook | QB | 6-3 | 225 | Jr/Jr | Philadelphia, Pa./Western Reserve Academy |
| 12 | Denzel Ward* | CB | 5-11 | 180 | So/So | Macedonia, Ohio/Nordonia |
| 14 | K.J. Hill | WR | 6-0 | 195 | So/Fr | North Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock |
| 15 | Cameron Howard | DB | 6-1 | 203 | Sr/Sr | Columbus, Ohio/Gahanna |
| 18 | Jonathon Cooper | DE | 6-3 | 238 | Fr/Fr | Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln |
| 18 | Michel Lawless | SAF | 6-2 | 210 | Sr/Sr | Dover, Ohio/Tuscarawas Central Catholic |
| 23 | Devlin McDaniel | WR | 5-11 | 195 | Sr/Sr | Marion, Ohio/Marion Pleasant |
| 24 | Malik Hooker* | SAF | 6-2 | 205 | Jr/So | New Castle, Pa./New Castle |
| 25 | Bri'onte Dunn*** | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 5th/Sr | Canton, Ohio/GlenOak |
| 28 | Michael Cibene | SAF | 6-0 | 185 | Sr/Sr | Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Pine Crest |
| 29 | Alex Craft | P/K | 6-1 | 220 | Fr/Fr | Kettering, Ohio/Archbishop Alter |
| 30 | Tyler Durbin | K | 6-3 | 200 | Sr/Sr | Fairfax, Va./Lake Braddock |
| 32 | Tuf Borland | LB | 6-1 | 228 | Fr/Fr | Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook |
| 32 | Elijaah Goins | CB | 6-1 | 195 | Sr/Sr | Concord, N.C./Cox Mill |
| 33 | Dante Booker** | LB | 6-3 | 233 | Jr/Jr | Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary |
| 33 | Austin Clutter | WR | 6-0 | 195 | So/So | Geneva, Ohio/Geneva |
| 34 | Nick Conner | LB | 6-3 | 230 | So/Fr | Dublin, Ohio/Scioto |
| 35 | Chris Worley** | LB | 6-2 | 225 | Sr/Jr | Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville |
| 37 | Derrick Malone | TE | 6-4 | 245 | So/So | Dayton, Ohio/Thurgood Marshall |
| 44 | Aaron Mawhirter | LS | 6-1 | 230 | Sr/Sr | Sandusky, Ohio/Perkins |
| 46 | Ke'Von Huguely | RB | 5-9 | 180 | So/So | Dayton, Ohio/Meadowdale |
| 47 | Justin Hilliard | LB | 6-1 | 230 | So/Fr | Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier |
| 49 | Liam McCullough | LS | 6-2 | 210 | So/Fr | Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne |
| 52 | Donovan Munger** | DL | 6-4 | 300 | Sr/Jr | Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights |
| 53 | Davon Hamilton | DT | 6-4 | 300 | So/Fr | Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central |
| 56 | Matthew Burrell | OL | 6-4 | 300 | So/Fr | Woodbridge, Va./Hylton |
| 59 | Tyquan Lewis** | DE | 6-4 | 260 | Sr/Jr | Tarboro, N.C./Tarboro |
| 62 | Aaron Parry* | OL | 6-5 | 275 | Sr/Sr | Zanesville, Ohio/Bishop Rosecrans |
| 63 | Kevin Woidke | OL | 6-6 | 310 | So/So | Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius |
| 69 | Brandon Pahl | OL | 6-2 | 295 | So/So | Cutler, Ohio/Warren |
| 71 | Kyle Trout | OL | 6-6 | 310 | Jr/So | Lancaster, Ohio/Lancaster |
| 75 | Evan Lisle* | OL | 6-6 | 305 | Sr/Jr | Centerville, Ohio/Centerville |
| 76 | Branden Bowen | OL | 6-7 | 320 | So/Fr | Draper, Utah/Corner Canyon |
| 77 | Michael Hill* | DL | 6-3 | 295 | Sr/Jr | Pendleton, S.C./Pendleton |
| 83 | Terry McLaurin* | WR | 6-1 | 200 | Jr/So | Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral |
| 84 | Corey Smith* | WR | 6-1 | 195 | 6th/Sr | Akron, Ohio/Buchtel & East Mississippi C.C. |
| 86 | Dre'Mont Jones | DL | 6-3 | 280 | So/Fr | Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius |
| 87 | Alex Stump | WR | 6-3 | 202 | So/Fr | Avon, Ohio/St. Edward |
| 88 | A.J. Alexander | TE | 6-3 | 235 | So/Fr | Burke, Va./Lake Braddock |
| 93 | Tracy Sprinkle* | DL | 6-3 | 290 | Sr/Jr | Elyria, Ohio/Elyria |
| 95 | Cameron Johnston*** | P | 5-11 | 195 | 5th/Sr | Geelong, Australia/St Joseph’s |
| 96 | Sean Nuernberger** | K | 6-1 | 220 | Jr/Jr | Buckner, Ky/Oldham County HS |
| 98 | Dominic Garris | K | 5-11 | 180 | Jr/Jr | Lancaster, Ohio/Bloom Carroll |
