Does it help the Ohio State football team if players transfer?

The Ohio State football team has had a couple of wide receivers transfer out of the program now since the season ended. Could players leaving actually be a good thing?

Jameson Williams was the second wide receiver to transfer from the Ohio State football program in recent months. He joined Mookie Copper in leaving the program. The Buckeyes have plenty of receiver depth behind them, so it doesn’t hurt them very much.

Could it actually help them though? Could players leaving the program actually help the Buckeyes with their roster construction. In some instances, yes it can. Neither Williams nor Cooper were going to get the playing time that they wanted, so they left. Now it gives other guys more opportunities.

Giving those younger guys the opportunities is what is going to help the Buckeyes in the long run. Williams and Cooper weren’t good enough to significantly contribute to this program at any point in their careers. You who are though? Julian Fleming, Marvin Harrison Jr., and Emeka Egbuka.

All of those guys have the talent to be All-American players. All of them will get more opportunities now that those guys are gone, specifically Williams. Williams is the one guy who could have taken time away from the younger players.

This isn’t true in all cases. Sometimes you have a really good player leave the program instead. That is the Joe Burrow instance where the guy behind him ends up not being as good as the guy who leaves. That can hurt a program’s chances of winning.

Ohio State won’t let guys like that leave very often though. This year’s it’s a possibility with the quarterback position because whoever doesn’t win the starting job is still a really good player. Both losers could leave and start somewhere else.

In some instances, the Buckeyes don’t become better when someone leaves. It’s truly a 50/50 deal.