![]() See Ohio State’s all-time offense and all-time defense. Following the departure of wide receiver Gary Williams, Frank stepped up as the Buckeyes’ top receiving option and delivered 45 catches, 10 of which came in a 24-21 loss at Michigan, where he recorded 123 receiving yards. If we could pick any of the coaches that used to coach at OSU, here’s what we would come up with as an all-time coaching roster along with the specialists that we’d have taking their direction. Unless you know your Ohio State assistant coaching history from pretty far back, some of these may surprise you. And with it, we’re taking a little different tact and not picking coaches that did amazing things while on the banks of the Olentangy, but looking at the big picture and pulling guys that went on to do great things at OSU and then beyond. Now that we’ve taken a stab at both sides of the ball with former players, we are now turning our attention to special teams and the coaches that have been on the sideline for the Buckeyes. 121 career receptions, 1,481 career receiving yards (John Frank in 1980-83) 4 receiving touchdowns in a game (Bob Grimes in 1952) 7 touchdowns in a season (. It’s how things go when you have to choose from the best of the best at a place like Ohio State. With so many great players to choose from that have worn the scarlet and gray, there are some really, really good players that were in consideration, that could have made the team, but were left off. We started with the offense, then moved over to the defensive side of the ball. ![]() High School: Passed for 4,426 yards and 40 touchdowns at Sunny Hills High, where he was Orange County “Player of the Year” as a senior in 1980.Here at Buckeyes Wire, been going through putting an all-time roster together of former Ohio State players and it’s been a tough nut to crack (pun intended). Weight: 224 (1986), 214 (1985), 228 (1984)ġ986 Media Guide: Voted offensive captain of the 1986 Ohio State team.ġ985: After two years as a backup quarterback, Karsatos started all 12 games in 1985 and played extremely well … set school season-records by completing 61.2 percent of his passes and by throwing 19 touchdowns … threw at least one touchdown pass in 10 games, missing only in the Iowa and BYU contests … his best of many good games came against Northwestern when he completed 16 of 20 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns.ġ985 Media Guide: After two years as a highly capable understudy to Mike Tomczak, Jim is ready to take over as the Buckeye starter at quarterback … has started three games over a two-year period, and has guided Ohio State to victory each time … an excellent passer with great range … more mobile with the loss of 16 pounds … has completed 37 of 68 passes for 656 yards and four touchdowns over a two-year period for Ohio State … enrolled at Ohio State in the winter of 1982 and was redshirted that year.ġ983: Played in seven games for a total of 68 minutes … started against Michigan State and completed nine of 16 for 170 yards and one touchdown under adverse game conditions … completed 14 of 30 for 322 yards for the season.ġ981: Reported to Ohio State in August of 1981 with an injured knee … when the diagnosis called for surgery, Jim returned home for the operation and enrolled at Ohio State in the winter of 1982. ![]()
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