THIRD AND DATA

Week 3 · 2023

Western Kentucky at #6 Ohio State

Sat 09/16/2023 04:00 PMOhio StadiumOhio State pregame98% — Pregame win probability: 98% for Ohio State. Ohio State favored, and won.

76°Cloudy0 mph N · 40% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data

Western Kentucky

10

8–5

#6 Ohio State

63

11–2

Attendance

100,217

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 2023, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

WKUQuarterbacksNo blue chips4
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Austin Reed ← Western Kentucky6'2"·2203yr
    3,324 Pass yds31 TD11 Int61.5 Cmp%100 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB10Caden Veltkamp6'5"·2362yr
    387 Pass yds5 TD1 Int75.9 Cmp%76 Rush yds
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB14Turner Helton6'2"·1752yr
    97 Pass yds1 TD1 Int91.7 Cmp%-19 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB10Bronson Barron ← Weber State6'3"·2103yr
    -3 Pass yds0 TD1 Int50.0 Cmp%-9 Rush yds
OSUQuarterbacks4 blue chips6
  • 55-star recruitQB6Kyle McCord6'3"·2203yr
    3,170 Pass yds24 TD6 Int65.8 Cmp%-65 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB33Devin Brown6'3"·2152yr
    217 Pass yds2 TD1 Int57.1 Cmp%23 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB3Lincoln Kienholz6'2"·2151yr
    111 Pass yds0 TD0 Int45.5 Cmp%2 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB13Tristan Gebbia ← Oregon State6'2"·2107yr
    career 1,250 Pass yds5 TD4 Int64.0 Cmp%17 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Mason Maggs6'2"·2262yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB19Chad Ray6'2"·2152yr
WKUOffensive lineNo blue chips16
OSUDefensive line14 blue chips20
  • 55-star recruitDE33Jack Sawyer6'5"·2603yr
    48 Tackles10.0 TFL6.5 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDE44JT Tuimoloau6'5"·2693yr
    38 Tackles7.0 TFL5.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE92Caden Curry6'3"·2602yr
    9 Tackles3.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDE1C.J. Hicks6'3"·2402yr
    8 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE2Kenyatta Jackson Jr.6'6"·2632yr
    7 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE17Mitchell Melton6'4"·2564yr
    3 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE56Omari Abor6'4"·2502yr
    2 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE52Joshua Mickens6'3"·2551yr
  • 22-star recruitDE61Caden Davis6'4"·2381yr
  • 44-star recruitDL93Hero Kanu6'5"·3092yr
    10 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL93Jaden McKenzie6'4"·2905yr
    10 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL98Kayden McDonald6'3"·3261yr
    1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL62Bryce Prater6'1"·2703yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL60Cade Casto6'1"·2681yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT91Tyleik Williams6'3"·3273yr
    54 Tackles10.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT58Ty Hamilton6'3"·2954yr
    38 Tackles4.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT51Michael Hall Jr.6'2"·2803yr
    24 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT95Tywone Malone Jr.6'4"·3093yr
    5 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT94Jason Moore6'6"·3161yr
  • 44-star recruitDT53Will Smith Jr.6'3"·3031yr
WKUDefensive lineNo blue chips14
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL0Hosea Wheeler6'3"·3062yr
    40 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDL8Deante McCray6'4"·2912yr
    36 Tackles4.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL91Jayden Loving6'2"·3172yr
    32 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL99Kenyonte Davis6'5"·3013yr
    26 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL13Terrion Thompson6'0"·2864yr
    21 Tackles5.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL35Dallas Walker IV6'3"·3453yr
    9 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL99Ryan Williams ← Colorado6'4"·2703yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL6Marcus Patterson6'3"·2642yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL58Tyrese Black6'4"·3144yr
    career 3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL96Marquis Black ← Nebraska6'5"·3134yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL96Jalen Hand6'3"·3181yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL95Ki'Shawn Harvey6'1"·3201yr
  • 33-star recruitDT90Keaton Law6'3"·2752yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT44Dareon Goodrum6'1"·2902yr
    1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
OSUOffensive line11 blue chips21
WKUBacks & tight ends1 blue chip12
  • 33-star recruitRB3Elijah Young5'10"·1984yr
    104 Car490 Rush yds3 TD4.7 Rush avg
    20 Rec231 Rec yds11.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB30Markese Stepp6'1"·2256yr
    69 Car310 Rush yds3 TD4.5 Rush avg
    7 Rec73 Rec yds10.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB2Davion Ervin-Poindexter5'11"·1955yr
    63 Car241 Rush yds1 TD3.8 Rush avg
    21 Rec148 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB4LT Sanders5'10"·2052yr
    31 Car138 Rush yds0 TD4.5 Rush avg
    8 Rec68 Rec yds8.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB9Corey Landers Jr.5'8"·1951yr
  • 33-star recruitTE87River Helms6'4"·2303yr
    22 Rec289 Rec yds3 TD13.1 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitTE86Trevor Borland ← Buffalo6'3"·2504yr
    1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE12Alex Williams6'4"·2402yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE15Elvin Fofanah6'4"·2451yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE19Lofton Howard6'4"·2351yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE81Noah Meyers6'5"·2401yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE88Aiden Miller6'3"·2351yr
OSULinebackers9 blue chips12
  • 44-star recruitLB22Steele Chambers6'1"·2325yr
    83 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitLB35Tommy Eichenberg6'2"·2395yr
    80 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB30Cody Simon6'2"·2354yr
    57 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitLB6Sonny Styles6'4"·2432yr
    53 Tackles4.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB35Gabe Powers6'3"·2332yr
    7 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB35Reid Carrico6'2"·2303yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB2Kourt Williams II6'1"·2284yr
    career 32 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB19Jayden Bonsu6'2"·2151yr
  • 44-star recruitLB42Nigel Glover6'3"·2251yr
  • 44-star recruitLB8Arvell Reese6'4"·2431yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB57Jalen Pace6'0"·2323yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB50Alec DelSignore6'1"·2251yr
WKULinebackersNo blue chips20
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB5Kylan Guidry6'4"·2402yr
    48 Tackles6.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB1Desmyn Baker6'2"·2303yr
    41 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks2 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB48Niko Cooper6'5"·2424yr
    38 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB9JaQues Evans6'2"·2704yr
    30 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB5Aaron Key6'2"·2304yr
    28 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB9Sebastian Benjamin6'2"·2383yr
    25 Tackles3.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB51Devon Lynch6'1"·2281yr
    23 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB3Anthony Brackenridge6'2"·2252yr
    22 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB23Rashion Hodge6'2"·2201yr
    22 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB20Bryson Washington6'0"·2386yr
    16 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB16Koron Hayward6'5"·2451yr
    7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB5Lonnie Rice6'1"·2362yr
    5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB24Darius Thomas6'2"·2152yr
    career 7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB45Nathan Griffin6'1"·2292yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB40Reid Jamerson5'10"·2252yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB34Eli Jones6'1"·2452yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB4Trent Zappe6'0"·2242yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB16Reggie Allen6'2"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB12R.J. Evans6'1"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB29Joshua Mensah6'1"·2181yr
OSUBacks & tight ends10 blue chips17
  • 55-star recruitRB32TreVeyon Henderson5'10"·2083yr
    156 Car926 Rush yds11 TD5.9 Rush avg
    19 Rec229 Rec yds12.1 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB1Chip Trayanum5'11"·2274yr
    85 Car373 Rush yds3 TD4.4 Rush avg
    9 Rec53 Rec yds5.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB3Miyan Williams5'9"·2264yr
    49 Car158 Rush yds3 TD3.2 Rush avg
    4 Rec42 Rec yds10.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB7Dallan Hayden5'11"·2082yr
    19 Car110 Rush yds1 TD5.8 Rush avg
    1 Rec-2 Rec yds-2.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB21Evan Pryor5'10"·1893yr
    19 Car49 Rush yds0 TD2.6 Rush avg
    1 Rec2 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB20TC Caffey5'10"·2152yr
    career 10 Car66 Rush yds1 TD6.6 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB26Cayden Saunders5'9"·1883yr
    career 2 Car6 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB30Willtrell Hartson5'9"·2051yr
  • 44-star recruitTE8Cade Stover6'4"·2515yr
    41 Rec576 Rec yds5 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE88Gee Scott Jr.6'3"·2434yr
    10 Rec70 Rec yds1 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE45Jelani Thurman6'6"·2451yr
    2 Rec18 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE21Patrick Gurd6'4"·2504yr
    1 Rec9 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE11Joe Royer6'5"·2504yr
    1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE81Sam Hart6'5"·2553yr
  • 44-star recruitTE85Bennett Christian6'6"·2552yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE89Zak Herbstreit6'2"·2403yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE46Jace Middleton6'4"·2351yr
WKUReceivers2 blue chips20
  • 22-star recruitWR11Malachi Corley5'11"·2104yr
    79 Rec984 Rec yds11 TD12.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR17Dalvin Smith6'2"·1885yr
    50 Rec513 Rec yds6 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitWR8Easton Messer5'9"·1902yr
    42 Rec484 Rec yds4 TD11.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR6Jimmy Holiday ← Tennessee6'0"·2054yr
    20 Rec326 Rec yds2 TD16.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR19Craig Burt Jr.6'4"·2054yr
    28 Rec233 Rec yds3 TD8.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR2K.D. Hutchinson5'8"·1852yr
    18 Rec182 Rec yds2 TD10.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR8Moussa Barry6'2"·1952yr
    9 Rec145 Rec yds1 TD16.1 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR5Blue Smith6'4"·2106yr
    10 Rec118 Rec yds1 TD11.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR80Ze'Vian Capers ← Auburn6'4"·1904yr
    3 Rec18 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Denzil Alleyne6'2"·2122yr
    1 Rec8 Rec yds1 TD8.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR19Marvin Sims5'11"·1801yr
    1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitWR4Michael Mathison5'9"·1825yr
    career 151 Rec1,678 Rec yds8 TD11.1 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitWR9Josh Sterns5'8"·1854yr
    career 25 Rec425 Rec yds3 TD17.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR14Willie Taggart Jr.6'1"·1804yr
    career 2 Rec14 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR19Javy Bunton5'11"·1902yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR23Jax Cooper6'3"·2002yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR37Zach Burt6'0"·2051yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR11Jarvis Hayes6'0"·1941yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Jaleel Walker6'2"·1851yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR85Tylon Webb6'2"·1801yr
OSUDefensive backs13 blue chips21
WKUDefensive backsNo blue chips20
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB11Talique Allen ← Western Kentucky6'1"·2004yr
    48 Tackles3 PD1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB7Takulve Williams6'0"·2116yr
    41 Tackles1 PD1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB4Anthony Johnson Jr.5'10"·1801yr
    36 Tackles5 PD4 Int
  • 33-star recruitDB14Davion Williams6'0"·1805yr
    27 Tackles2 PD1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDB21Upton Stout5'9"·1824yr
    24 Tackles8 PD1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDB8Swipe Marshall5'11"·1852yr
    24 Tackles2 PD1 Int
  • 22-star recruitDB5Rome Weber5'11"·1906yr
    19 Tackles7 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB6T.J. Springer6'1"·1955yr
    11 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB7Nazir Ward6'0"·1851yr
    5 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB4Alexander Ford6'0"·1902yr
    3 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB43Manny Moss6'0"·1972yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB30Xavier Shaw6'0"·1742yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB25Rickie Davis Jr.6'0"·1981yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB27Abdul-Lateef Audu5'10"·1802yr
    career 16 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB26Amaari Smith6'0"·1812yr
    career 2 Tackles0 PD
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB17Josh Shodipo5'11"·1962yr
    career 1 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB24Daniel Edwards Jr.5'11"·1783yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB28Ely George5'10"·1932yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB20Chavaris Dumas6'1"·1801yr
  • 33-star recruitS16Kendrick Simpkins6'0"·1994yr
    50 Tackles1 PD
OSUReceivers10 blue chips17
  • 44-star recruitWR18Marvin Harrison Jr.6'4"·2053yr
    67 Rec1,211 Rec yds14 TD18.1 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR2Emeka Egbuka6'1"·2053yr
    41 Rec514 Rec yds4 TD12.5 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR3Julian Fleming6'2"·2064yr
    26 Rec271 Rec yds0 TD10.4 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR17Carnell Tate6'3"·1951yr
    18 Rec264 Rec yds1 TD14.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR—Xavier Johnson6'1"·2106yr
    13 Rec178 Rec yds0 TD13.7 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitWR0Brandon Inniss6'0"·1971yr
    1 Rec58 Rec yds1 TD58.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR4Jayden Ballard6'2"·2053yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR86Reis Stocksdale5'10"·1853yr
    career 1 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR6Kyion Grayes6'0"·1902yr
    career 1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR11Kojo Antwi6'0"·1952yr
  • 44-star recruitWR1Bryson Rodgers6'2"·1871yr
  • 44-star recruitWR5Noah Rogers6'2"·2061yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Joop Mitchell6'1"·1803yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82David Adolph6'5"·2102yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR25Kai Saunders6'3"·2122yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR23Nolan Baudo5'10"·1851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR34Brennen Schramm6'0"·1941yr
WKUKickersNo blue chips4
  • 33-star recruitPK46Cory Munson6'2"·2105yr
    12 Punts40.0 Avg1 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK17Lucas Carneiro5'11"·1952yr
    9 FG12 FGA45 Long74 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK49Nolan McCord6'0"·1894yr
    career 9 FG16 FGA43 Long50 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK48Antonio Chadha5'9"·2002yr
OSUKickersNo blue chips4
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK38Jayden Fielding6'2"·1752yr
    16 FG20 FGA47 Long97 Pts
  • 33-star recruitPK29Parker Lewis6'3"·2253yr
    career 26 FG35 FGA52 Long123 Pts
  • 22-star recruitPK95Casey Magyar5'11"·1852yr
    career 0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Austin Snyder5'7"·1941yr
WKUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitP47Tom Ellard5'10"·1703yr
    46 Punts41.0 Avg15 In 20
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP54Jared White6'2"·2111yr
OSUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • 33-star recruitP29Jesse Mirco6'4"·2223yr
    50 Punts43.5 Avg18 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP42Joe McGuire6'2"·2091yr

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