Eight Ohio State Football players named preseason Athlon Sports All-Americans

Athlon Sports, one of the better college football preseason publications, has announced its 2023 preseason All-American lists, naming eight Ohio State football players to their four All-American offensive and defensive teams.

Being named to the Athlon Sports preseason All-American First-Team are wide receivers Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Eguba, linebacker Tommy Eichenberg, and defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau. Being named to the Third Team were running back TreVeyon Henderson and offensive guard Donovan Jackson. Making the Athlon Sports fourth team was the other offensive guard Matthew Jones and safety Lathan Ransom.

Ohio State’s main rival, That Team Up North, also had eight players named to Athlon Sports All-American teams, tying the Buckeyes for the most by any school this year. The Big 10 had 27 total selections, with the “Big Two” making up 16 of those 27.

If the Ohio State football team plans to take its rightful place atop the Big Ten Conference once again, they are going to need some players not named to the Athlon Sports preseason All-American teams to step up. As pointed out in a previous article, finding a solid starting quarterback and replacing the starting offensive tackles will no doubt be priority number one for head coach Ryan Day and newly named offensive coordinator Brian Hartline.

Turning their attention to the other side of the ball, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles will need his defense to take another step forward in his second year. The defensive line has tremendous potential this season, which in turn will no doubt help the seven positional players behind them on the defense.

Ohio State will play Jim Harbaugh and his Wolverines on Saturday, November 25 at noon on FOX. Ohio State will look to avoid a third consecutive loss to their rivals, which hasn’t happened since 1995-1997.