Ohio State football player avoids complete disaster with early camp injury

The Ohio State football program was supposed to be celebrating on Thursday with the arrival of the first day of Fall camp. This means that the Buckeyes are a month away from starting their national championship defense. However, what was supposed to be an exciting first day ended up being a day filled with concern.

Eddrick Houston was hurt early in practice, which put a damper on the rest of the day. Instead of the Ohio State Buckeyes looking at what they have on the defensive line, they were worried about losing a starter to what could be a potentially serious injury.

Houston was carried off the field, so it looked like it could have been a devastating injury. Practice footage made it look less serious, and that has been confirmed. According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, the injury is not serious and the Buckeyes can breathe a sigh of relief.

Ohio State football player Eddrick Houston avoid serious injury

Thamel mentioned on social media that Houston will likely miss a few practices, but should be good to go for Week 1 against Texas.

The hope by Buckeye fans is that the injury is just a low-grade ankle sprain. They need Houston to be ready to go because the defensive line might be the thinnest group of players on the entire roster. Neither defensive tackle who is projected to be a starter have a ton of experience, so they certainly can't afford to lose Houston.

Ryan Day is going to make sure that Houston takes it easy before he's back on the field. Houston needs to be 100 percent healthy before he steps back on the practice field. Staying healthy is the most important thing that Ohio State needs to prioritize.

Day likely won't confirm what the actual injury is when he's asked about it, but he likely will let fans know a general timeline of when to expect him back on the field.