Ohio State Football: Top 5 defensive ends in Buckeye history
1. Chase Young
Now I realize that I might be jumping the gun on this one. However, it is really hard for me to watch what Chase Young is doing this season and not call him the best defensive end Ohio State has ever had.
His last game against Wisconsin just proves that as he was able to rack up four sacks and two forced fumbles. The four sacks are tied for the most in a single game by a Buckeye.
The stats, however, don’t tell the whole story for Young. He is the most disruptive player that Ohio State has ever had. It seems that whenever he doesn’t get to the quarterback, he still creates havoc in the backfield for opposing offenses.
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Just his presence alone is enough to frighten opposing quarterbacks as we saw this past Saturday against Wisconsin’s Jack Coan.
Even if watching him dominate week-in and week-out doesn’t convince you, Young has the stats to back himself up as well. Right now with five games left in the season guaranteed including the bowl game, Young has 13.5 sacks this season.
That obviously leads the country by a wide margin and it also is already tied for second on the all-time single-season Buckeye sack list, trailing Gholston by half-a-sack.
Barring a catastrophe, Young should blow that record out of the water. To add to it, Young is also already tied for second in sacks in a career by a Buckeye with 27.5, only trailing the 36 put up by Vrabel.
It’s probably unlikely that Young catches Vrabel on that list, but the fact that he is even going to get close considering he played with Nick Bosa and Sam Hubbard in his freshman season is crazy in itself.
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So behind an already record-setting 2019 season for Young, he has cemented himself as not only the most dominant defensive end in Buckeye history but the best as well.