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- Ohio State
- Updated: Jan. 07, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Caleb Downs has elected to forego his elder play and state for nan 2026 NFL Draft.
The standout information announced his determination connected Wednesday via social media.
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Downs started his collegiate profession astatine Alabama wherever he signed arsenic a five-star imaginable successful nan 2023 recruiting class. He wasted small clip surviving up to nan hype.
In his freshman season, Downs started each 14 games and helped nan Crimson Tide get to nan College Football Playoff. He vanished nan 2023 play pinch a team-leading 104 tackles while besides collecting 2 interceptions and a forced fumble.
Legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban retired aft Downs’ freshman campaign, starring nan Georgia autochthonal into nan transportation portal. He elected to motion pinch Ohio State — a programme that heavy pursued him arsenic a precocious schoolhouse recruit.
Downs continued connected his upward trajectory pinch nan Buckeyes, becoming an unanimous All-American while starring Ohio State to a nationalist title past season.
He followed that up pinch unanimous All-American honors again this season, becoming nan first protect subordinate successful programme history to gain nan favoritism aggregate times.
In a recent mock draught from ESPN, Downs was projected arsenic nan 10th wide prime to nan Bengals.
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