The post-spring transfer window has been quiet so far for Ohio State football but plenty busy for Ohio State men’s basketball.
While there’s still one week to go in the post-spring transfer window for college football, Ohio State has seen just two players leave the program since the end of spring practice. That goes hand in hand with what’s been a much quieter-than-expected post-spring transfer window across the nation.
The basketball transfer portal, on the other hand, remains busy more than two weeks after the final game of the season. It’s been a back-and-forth cycle of roster movement for the Buckeyes, who landed their third transfer commitment of the offseason Saturday from former San Diego State wing Micah Parrish but saw that followed by Felix Okpara leaving the program one day later and Roddy Gayle Jr. transferring to their archrival two days later.
On this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays, we discuss Ohio State’s transfer portal activity in both sports – or lack thereof on the football side – plus look ahead to this week’s NFL draft by making some predictions on where the Buckeyes’ top prospects will end up and identifying which less-heralded Ohio State prospects we’d “bang the table” for.
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The full rundown:
- 0:25: Lack of post-spring transfer attrition has gone as well as OSU could have hoped so far
- 6:12: Ohio State still wants a transfer offensive lineman, but it needs the right guy to enter the portal
- 8:40: College basketball’s portal craziness epitomized by Roddy Gayle Jr. going to Michigan
- 11:04: Roster retention hasn’t gone as planned, putting more pressure to perform on Jake Diebler
- 15:08: Aaron Bradshaw can replace Felix Okpara, but Okpara is the more proven player
- 16:18: Ohio State needs to find two complementary players to fill out its frontcourt
- 23:09: Diebler needs to add the best players possible, then build his system around them
- 25:39: Ohio State’s draft class is smaller than usual, but it should still have at least five picks again
- 27:52: Mike Hall’s upside makes him a potential second-round steal
- 30:06: Marvin Harrison Jr. should be the first receiver and non-quarterback off the board
- 33:00: Why Cade Stover would be a good third-round fit for the Cincinnati Bengals
- 34:10: Tommy Eichenberg, Josh Proctor likely to be fourth and fifth Buckeyes drafted
- 35:38: The case for Xavier Johnson and Matt Jones to be late-round draft picks
- 38:39: Jesse Mendez and Kyle Snyder continue to shine at Olympic wrestling trials
