THIRD AND DATA

Week 12 · 2021

#7 Michigan State at #4 Ohio State

Sat 11/20/2021 12:00 PMOhio StadiumOhio State pregame91% — Pregame win probability: 91% for Ohio State. Ohio State favored, and won.Conference

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#7 Michigan State

7

11–2

#4 Ohio State

56

11–2

Attendance

101,858

reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2021, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

MSUQuarterbacksNo blue chips4
  • 33-star recruitQB1Payton Thorne6'2"·2033yr
    3,240 Pass yds27 TD10 Int60.4 Cmp%181 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB15Anthony Russo ← Temple6'4"·2405yr
    43 Pass yds0 TD0 Int77.8 Cmp%10 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB1Noah Kim6'2"·1862yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB18Andrew Schorfhaar6'2"·1902yr
OSUQuarterbacks3 blue chips5
  • 44-star recruitQB7C.J. Stroud6'3"·2182yr
    4,435 Pass yds44 TD6 Int71.9 Cmp%-20 Rush yds
  • 55-star recruitQB6Kyle McCord6'3"·2201yr
    416 Pass yds2 TD2 Int65.8 Cmp%-16 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB10Jack Miller III6'3"·2102yr
    101 Pass yds0 TD0 Int50.0 Cmp%-1 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB7J.P. Andrade6'3"·2153yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB18Jagger LaRoe6'3"·2314yr
MSUOffensive line1 blue chip19
OSUDefensive line12 blue chips22
  • 55-star recruitDE9Zach Harrison6'6"·2723yr
    33 Tackles8.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE11Tyreke Smith6'4"·2674yr
    26 Tackles5.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDE44JT Tuimoloau6'5"·2691yr
    17 Tackles4.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDE33Jack Sawyer6'5"·2601yr
    13 Tackles3.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE54Tyler Friday6'3"·2644yr
    career 18 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE97Noah Potter6'6"·2723yr
    career 3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE56Aaron Cox6'3"·2556yr
    career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE17Mitchell Melton6'4"·2562yr
  • 44-star recruitDL1Javontae Jean-Baptiste6'4"·2553yr
    14 Tackles2.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL93Jaden McKenzie6'4"·2903yr
    5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL93Jacolbe Cowan6'5"·2802yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL12CorMontae Hamilton6'3"·2653yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL62Bryce Prater6'1"·2701yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL63Zach Prater6'0"·2851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT52Antwuan Jackson6'2"·2956yr
    23 Tackles4.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT6Taron Vincent6'2"·3005yr
    23 Tackles3.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT92Haskell Garrett6'2"·2995yr
    22 Tackles7.0 TFL5.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT91Tyleik Williams6'3"·3271yr
    16 Tackles6.5 TFL5.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT58Ty Hamilton6'3"·2952yr
    12 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT86Jerron Cage6'2"·3054yr
    12 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT51Michael Hall Jr.6'2"·2801yr
    2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT44Darrion Henry-Young6'4"·2952yr
    career 1 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
MSUDefensive line2 blue chips17
  • 33-star recruitDE96Jacub Panasiuk6'4"·2505yr
    37 Tackles11.0 TFL7.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE86Drew Beesley6'2"·2605yr
    29 Tackles5.5 TFL5.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE2Drew Jordan ← Duke6'3"·2555yr
    18 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE5Michael Fletcher6'6"·2753yr
    6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE91Jack Camper6'5"·2524yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE55Zach Slade6'4"·2653yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE93Alex Okelo6'5"·2151yr
  • 33-star recruitDE55Tyson Watson6'5"·2751yr
  • 33-star recruitDL10Simeon Barrow Jr.6'3"·2902yr
    34 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL97Maverick Hansen6'4"·3103yr
    26 Tackles6.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL98Dashaun Mallory6'1"·2753yr
    12 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL26Brandon Wright6'2"·2503yr
    8 Tackles3.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL90Jalen Hunt6'2"·3153yr
    5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL54Kyle King6'4"·2702yr
    4 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL55Derrick Harmon6'5"·3201yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL11Avery Dunn6'4"·2502yr
    0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT64Jacob Slade6'4"·3154yr
    40 Tackles5.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
OSUOffensive line10 blue chips24
MSUBacks & tight ends2 blue chips16
  • 33-star recruitRB9Kenneth Walker III5'10"·2103yr
    263 Car1,636 Rush yds18 TD6.2 Rush avg
    13 Rec89 Rec yds6.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB9Jordon Simmons5'11"·2002yr
    70 Car278 Rush yds0 TD4.0 Rush avg
    7 Rec29 Rec yds4.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB24Elijah Collins6'0"·2204yr
    18 Car102 Rush yds0 TD5.7 Rush avg
    3 Rec34 Rec yds11.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB7Donovan Eaglin5'11"·2262yr
    6 Car33 Rush yds0 TD5.5 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB11Connor Heyward6'0"·2305yr
    1 Car7 Rush yds0 TD7.0 Rush avg
    35 Rec326 Rec yds9.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB24Davion Primm6'0"·2051yr
  • 22-star recruitRB25Joseph Martinez5'9"·1982yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE97Tyler Hunt6'3"·2354yr
    14 Rec136 Rec yds1 TD9.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE6Maliq Carr ← Purdue6'6"·2652yr
    8 Rec135 Rec yds0 TD16.9 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE9Trenton Gillison6'4"·2503yr
    1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE81Parks Gissinger6'4"·2403yr
    career 1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44Adam Berghorst6'7"·2603yr
  • 33-star recruitTE89Kam Allen6'5"·2411yr
  • 33-star recruitTE45Hampton Fay6'5"·2451yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE44Evan Morris6'5"·2453yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE47Jackson Morse6'3"·2402yr
OSULinebackers8 blue chips14
  • 44-star recruitLB35Tommy Eichenberg6'2"·2393yr
    64 Tackles6.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitLB30Cody Simon6'2"·2352yr
    54 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitLB22Steele Chambers6'1"·2323yr
    47 Tackles5.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitLB20Teradja Mitchell6'2"·2444yr
    44 Tackles4.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB2Kourt Williams II6'1"·2282yr
    28 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB15Craig Young6'3"·2253yr
    15 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB46Cade Kacherski6'2"·2254yr
    11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB19Dallas Gant6'3"·2304yr
    10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitLB21Palaie Gaoteote IV6'2"·2454yr
    9 Tackles1.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB5Ryan Batsch6'2"·2283yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB4K'Vaughan Pope6'1"·2254yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB35Reid Carrico6'2"·2301yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB33Jackson Kuwatch6'4"·2351yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB57Jalen Pace6'0"·2321yr
MSULinebackers4 blue chips16
  • 33-star recruitLB27Cal Haladay6'1"·2332yr
    96 Tackles4.5 TFL0.5 Sacks2 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB45Darius Snow6'1"·2192yr
    87 Tackles5.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitLB6Quavaris Crouch ← Tennessee6'2"·2303yr
    75 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB44Jeff Pietrowski Jr.6'2"·2432yr
    33 Tackles7.0 TFL5.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB45Noah Harvey6'4"·2354yr
    32 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB13Ben VanSumeren ← Michigan6'3"·2404yr
    12 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB6Chase Kline6'3"·2363yr
    11 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB10Ma'a Gaoteote6'1"·2301yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB16Harold Joiner III6'4"·2154yr
    6 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB19Itayvion Brown ← Minnesota6'4"·2302yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB31Kobe Myers6'1"·2202yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB58Terry O'Connor6'3"·2353yr
    career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB25Cole DeMarzo6'4"·2402yr
  • 33-star recruitLB58Carson Casteel6'2"·2221yr
  • 22-star recruitLB44Samih Beydoun5'11"·2251yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB35Sam Edwards6'1"·2272yr
OSUBacks & tight ends8 blue chips16
  • 55-star recruitRB32TreVeyon Henderson5'10"·2081yr
    184 Car1,255 Rush yds15 TD6.8 Rush avg
    27 Rec312 Rec yds11.6 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB3Miyan Williams5'9"·2262yr
    71 Car507 Rush yds3 TD7.1 Rush avg
    9 Rec74 Rec yds8.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB33Master Teague III5'11"·2254yr
    66 Car348 Rush yds4 TD5.3 Rush avg
    2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB24Marcus Crowley6'1"·2053yr
    20 Car103 Rush yds0 TD5.2 Rush avg
    1 Rec21 Rec yds21.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB21Evan Pryor5'10"·1891yr
    21 Car98 Rush yds1 TD4.7 Rush avg
    2 Rec8 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB43Robert Cope5'9"·1983yr
    2 Car4 Rush yds0 TD2.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB26Cayden Saunders5'9"·1881yr
  • 44-star recruitTE88Jeremy Ruckert6'5"·2534yr
    26 Rec309 Rec yds3 TD11.9 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE8Cade Stover6'4"·2513yr
    5 Rec76 Rec yds0 TD15.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE88Gee Scott Jr.6'3"·2432yr
    5 Rec42 Rec yds0 TD8.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE34Mitch Rossi6'1"·2505yr
    4 Rec28 Rec yds1 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE11Joe Royer6'5"·2502yr
    1 Rec9 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE81Sam Hart6'5"·2551yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE80Corey Rau6'4"·2605yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE21Patrick Gurd6'4"·2502yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE89Zak Herbstreit6'2"·2401yr
MSUReceivers1 blue chip16
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR1Jayden Reed6'0"·1855yr
    59 Rec1,026 Rec yds10 TD17.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8Jalen Nailor6'0"·1854yr
    37 Rec695 Rec yds6 TD18.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR17Tre Mosley6'2"·2003yr
    35 Rec530 Rec yds3 TD15.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR3Montorie Foster Jr.6'0"·1862yr
    12 Rec164 Rec yds1 TD13.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR4Keon Coleman6'4"·2151yr
    7 Rec50 Rec yds1 TD7.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR3Terry Lockett Jr.5'11"·1822yr
    3 Rec18 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR10Ian Stewart6'3"·2152yr
    1 Rec8 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR16Christian Fitzpatrick ← Louisville6'4"·2202yr
    2 Rec3 Rec yds0 TD1.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR15Cade McDonald5'11"·1953yr
  • 33-star recruitWR11Ricky White III6'1"·1902yr
    career 10 Rec223 Rec yds1 TD22.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13CJ Hayes6'2"·2114yr
    career 14 Rec154 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR87Jahz Watts6'0"·1804yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR85Sebastian Brown6'2"·1952yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR20Aubrey Dawkins5'10"·1852yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Zach Gillespie6'2"·2112yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR86Nick Hunter5'10"·1952yr
OSUDefensive backs14 blue chips23
MSUDefensive backs2 blue chips21
OSUReceivers8 blue chips17
  • 55-star recruitWR11Jaxon Smith-Njigba6'1"·2002yr
    95 Rec1,606 Rec yds9 TD16.9 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR5Garrett Wilson6'0"·1933yr
    70 Rec1,058 Rec yds12 TD15.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR2Chris Olave6'1"·1884yr
    65 Rec936 Rec yds13 TD14.4 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR2Emeka Egbuka6'1"·2051yr
    9 Rec191 Rec yds0 TD21.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR18Marvin Harrison Jr.6'4"·2051yr
    11 Rec139 Rec yds3 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR3Julian Fleming6'2"·2062yr
    12 Rec86 Rec yds1 TD7.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR86Chris Booker6'2"·1905yr
    2 Rec27 Rec yds0 TD13.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR12Sam Wiglusz6'0"·1834yr
    2 Rec14 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR4Jayden Ballard6'2"·2051yr
    1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR3Demario McCall5'9"·1956yr
  • 44-star recruitWR—Kamryn Babb6'0"·2103yr
  • 33-star recruitWR—Xavier Johnson6'1"·2104yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Joop Mitchell6'1"·1801yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR85Austin Kutscher6'0"·2004yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR38Marvin Davies5'11"·2002yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR18Marvin Harrison Jr.6'3"·2021yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR86Reis Stocksdale5'10"·1851yr
MSUKickersNo blue chips4
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK4Matt Coghlin5'9"·1905yr
    12 FG19 FGA51 Long77 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Evan Johnson5'11"·2261yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK99Stephen Rusnak6'0"·1951yr
    0 FG1 FGA0 Long4 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Cole Hahn5'11"·2054yr
OSUKickersNo blue chips4
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK28Dominic DiMaccio5'8"·1925yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long2 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK95Noah Ruggles ← North Carolina6'2"·1904yr
    20 FG21 FGA46 Long134 Pts
  • 33-star recruitPK30Jake Seibert6'1"·1972yr
    career 1 FG2 FGA23 Long19 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK37Garrison Smith5'10"·1851yr
MSUPuntersNo blue chips1
  • —No recruiting profile foundP99Bryce Baringer6'3"·2104yr
    59 Punts48.4 Avg21 In 20
OSUPuntersNo blue chips3

Previous 10 meetings vs. Michigan State

Ohio State 7–3 vs Michigan State

  • 2020 · wk 14Ohio State 52 @ Michigan State 12
  • 2019 · wk 6Michigan State 10 @ Ohio State 34
  • 2018 · wk 11Ohio State 26 @ Michigan State 6
  • 2017 · wk 11Michigan State 3 @ Ohio State 48
  • 2016 · wk 12Ohio State 17 @ Michigan State 16
  • 2015 · wk 12Michigan State 17 @ Ohio State 14
  • 2014 · wk 11Ohio State 49 @ Michigan State 37
  • 2013 · wk 15Ohio State 24 @ Michigan State 34
  • 2012 · wk 5Ohio State 17 @ Michigan State 16
  • 2011 · wk 5Michigan State 10 @ Ohio State 7

Previous 3 meetings vs. Ryan Day

Michigan State 0–3 vs Ryan Day

  • 2020 · wk 14Ohio State 52 @ Michigan State 12
  • 2019 · wk 6Michigan State 10 @ Ohio State 34
  • 2018 · wk 11 (coaching change that season)Ohio State 26 @ Michigan State 6

† That school changed coaches during the season and the loader cannot say which games he took.

Previous meeting vs. Mel Tucker

Ohio State 1–0 vs Mel Tucker

  • 2020 · wk 14Ohio State 52 @ Michigan State 12

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