Scholarship Chart
The following is a chart detailing how many scholarship players are on the team and what classes they belong to. You can use this chart as a reference to figure out how many scholarships are available in any given recruiting class.
* denotes player has used redshirt
# denotes player is expected to gain another year of eligibility due to medical redshirt
| Class/Eligibility (projected; subject to change) | Players | Total Number of Scholarships |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 Seniors (Would open up spots for 2013 signing class) |
CB C.J. Barnett # FB Zach Boren K Ben Buchanan * S Zach Domicone * TE/OL Reid Fragel DT Garrett Goebel * RB Jordan Hall FB Adam Homan CB Travis Howard * ATH Orhian Johnson * LB Storm Klein LB Etienne Sabino * DT John Simon TE Jake Stoneburner * DE Nathan Williams # |
15 |
| 2013 Seniors (Would open up spots for 2014 signing class) |
K Drew Basil DL Adam Bellamy * WR Corey Brown DB Corey Brown * DB Christian Bryant WR Chris Fields * QB Kenny Guiton * OL Marcus Hall * DT Johnathan Hankins RB Carlos Hyde OL Corey Linsley * OL Jack Mewhort * OL Andrew Norwell DB Jamie Wood * |
14 |
| 2014 Seniors (Would open up spots for 2015 signing class) |
OL Darryl Baldwin * DT Michael Bennett OL Brian Bobek OL Tommy Brown OL Chris Carter LB Conner Crowell DL Chase Farris LB Curtis Grant CB Doran Grant DB Adam Griffin * DT Joel Hale DL Kenny Hayes LS Bryce Haynes TE Jeff Heuerman QB Braxton Miller DE Steve Miller DL J.T. Moore * WR/DB Verlon Reed * CB Brad Roby * LB Ryan Shazier WR Devin Smith RB Roderick Smith * WR Evan Spencer DB Ron Tanner OL Antonio Underwood TE Nick Vannett WR Tyrone Williams * |
27 |
| 2015 Seniors (Would open up spots for 2016 signing class) |
RB Warren Ball S De'van Bogard OL Jacoby Boren OL Taylor Decker OL Kyle Dodson RB Brionte Dunn OL Pat Elflein WR Frank Epitropoulos QB Cardale Jones DE/LB Jamal Marcus DB Najee Murray OL Joey O'Connor LB David Perkins LB Josh Perry DE Se'Von Pittman DB Tyvis Powell CB Armani Reeves LB Luke Roberts DE Noah Spence WR Ricquan Southward DT Tommy Schutt TE Blake Thomas WR Michael Thomas DE Adolphus Washington LB Camren Williams |
25 |
| Total: | - |
81 taken |
Analysis
When asking yourself how many scholarship spots are available in a class, look at the number of expected graduating players and then also take into account the open scholarships. That will give you a rough estimate. The NCAA prohibits a team from having more than 85 scholarship players on their roster once fall practice starts, but the team is currently under a limit of 82 due to NCAA sanctions, so always take that fact into account when trying to figure out how many OSU has.
We don't always know a real number of scholarship spots available as there's always the possibility that the staff may be aware of something that the public and media is not aware of, such as upcoming transfers and injury issues, and this may also slightly affect the amount of players OSU will sign in a class.
By Position
| | '12 Senior | '13 Senior | '14 Senior | '15 Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Kenny Guiton | Braxton Miller | Cardale Jones | |
| RB | Jordan Hall | Carlos Hyde | Rod Smith | Brionte Dunn Warren Ball |
| FB | Adam Homan Zach Boren |
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| WR | Corey Brown Chris Fields |
Verlon Reed Devin Smith Evan Spencer Tyrone Williams |
Frank Epitropoulos Ricquan Southward Michael Thomas |
|
| TE | Jake Stoneburner | Jeff Heuerman Nick Vannett |
Blake Thomas | |
| OL | Reid Fragel | Marcus Hall Corey Linsley Jack Mewhort Andrew Norwell |
Darryl Baldwin Brian Bobek Tommy Brown Chris Carter Antonio Underwood |
Jacoby Boren Taylor Decker Kyle Dodson Pat Elflein Joey O'Connor |
| DE | Nathan Williams | Chase Farris Kenny Hayes Steve Miller JT Moore |
Jamal Marcus Se'Von Pittman Noah Spence Adolphus Washington |
|
| DT | Garrett Goebel John Simon |
Adam Bellamy Johnathan Hankins |
Michael Bennett Joel Hale |
Tommy Schutt |
| LB | Storm Klein Etienne Sabino |
Conner Crowell Curtis Grant Ryan Shazier |
David Perkins Josh Perry Luke Roberts Camren Williams |
|
| CB | Travis Howard | Doran Grant Adam Griffin Brad Roby |
Najee Murray Armani Reeves |
|
| S | C.J. Barnett Zach Domicone Orhian Johnson |
Christian Bryant Corey Brown Jamie Wood |
Ron Tanner | De'van Bogard Tyvis Powell |
| P | Ben Buchanan | |||
| K | Drew Basil | |||
| LS | Bryce Haynes | |||
