How Julian Sayin, Jeremiah Smith and Ohio State’s offense graded in 2025

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State’s discourtesy was a spot of a rollercoaster successful 2025.

Even pinch a caller starting quarterback, it still had nan pieces successful spot that suggested that its ceiling was high. But pinch each week, nan questions of whether nan Buckeyes would ever scope that ceiling pinch Brian Hartline arsenic a first-time play-caller go a small much pressing.

By nan extremity of nan season, nan stars played for illustration stars. However, nan unit’s weakness besides remained unaddressed, yet becoming OSU’s downfall.

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Here’s really each personnel of nan defense graded retired according to Pro Football Focus:

(PFF grades each subordinate connected each play and uses a standard of 0-100, pinch higher grades indicating amended play. PFF has explained its grades this way: 100-90 elite; 89-85 Pro Bowler; 84-70 starter; 69-60 backup; 59-0 replaceable. In different words, it’s akin to really we would lucifer up percentages pinch accepted missive grades successful school.)

NOTE: Snap counts successful parentheses.

QUARTERBACK

Julian Sayin: 92.8 (832)

Lincoln Kienholz: 82.9 (62)

Tavien St. Clair: 50.7 (13)

RUNNING BACKS

Bo Jackson: 87.4 (357)

James Peoples: 76.2 (184)

Isaiah West: 75.6 (108)

CJ Donaldson: 73.4 (279)

Sam Dixon: 69.7 (3)

WIDE RECEIVER

Jeremiah Smith: 90.7 (632)

Carnell Tate: 88.6 (502)

Quincy Porter: 70.8 (57)

Mylan Graham: 66.1 (161)

Brandon Inniss: 63.3 (444)

Bryson Rodgers: 62.6 (128)

David Adolph: 59.6 (98)

Phillip Bell: 52.5 (21)

TIGHT END

Jelani Thurman: 82.2 (135)

Will Kacmarek: 76.1 (509)

Max Klare: 70.1 (488)

Brody Lennon: 56.3 (6)

Nate Roberts: 52.3 (160)

Bennett Christian: 43.6 (255)

OFFENSIVE LINE

Austin Siereveld: 83.0 (819)

Joshua Padilla: 73.7 (128)

Luke Montgomery: 73.7 (837)

Carson Hinzman: 72.5 (841)

Ian Moore: 69.7 (149)

Isaiah Kema: 68.2 (31)

Phillip Daniels: 65.9 (762)

Justin Terry: 62.1 (57)

Deontae Armstrong: 60.6 (15)

Simon Lorentz: 60.3 (4)

Gabe VanSickle: 59.5 (154)

Jake Cook: 59.3 (17)

Ethan Onianwa: 58.2 (96)

Jayvon McFadden: 57.0 (15)

Tegra Tshabola: 55.5 (607)

Carter Lowe: 49.0 (18)

Stephen Means covers Ohio State shot for Cleveland.com while besides serving arsenic nan big of nan Buckeye Talk podcast. Prior to covering nan Buckeyes, he sewage acquisition moving astatine nan Akron Beacon Journal...