Ohio State football lands commitment from transfer defensive tackle

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  • Updated: Jan. 06, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
  • Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 9:54 a.m.

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Former UCF DT John Walker is transferring to Ohio State football.AP

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State shot has landed a committedness from transportation protect tackle John Walker.

He spent nan past 3 seasons astatine Central Florida, though he did not play successful 2024. He has collected 64 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble successful his career.

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Among protect tackles pinch astatine slightest 400 snaps played successful 2025, Walker was a top-30 subordinate against nan run, according to Pro Football Focus. Ohio State’s Kayden McDonald, for context, was first.

Walker is simply a Florida autochthonal who signed pinch UCF arsenic a four-star imaginable successful nan 2023 recruiting class.

He’s nan 3rd transportation to perpetrate to OSU this offseason and nan 2nd erstwhile Knight. Ohio State has landed erstwhile Ohio tight extremity Mason Williams and erstwhile UCF agelong snapper Dalton Riggs.

Ohio State’s protect statement is undergoing alteration aft a beardown 2025 campaign. There’s a chance position coach Larry Johnson will suffer each 4 starters to nan NFL draught again, highlighted by McDonald who could go a first-round pick.

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