Who are the 10 greatest Ohio State Buckeyes of all time?
Ohio State is third in college football history with 977 wins and tied for eighth with eight national championships.
Furthermore, the Buckeyes — which will face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday — have had 512 players selected in the NFL draft (third) and had 28 players go into the College Football Hall of Fame (fourth).
That said, here are the 10 greatest Buckeyes of all time.Vrabel was a menace at Ohio State. The defensive lineman finished his career in Columbus with a program-record 36 sacks, 66 tackles for loss and two interceptions in 1995. Vrabel, a two-time All-American and two-time Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year, later won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
Vrabel began his coaching career as Ohio State’s linebackers coach in 2011 and then its defensive line coach the next two seasons (2012-13).
Spielman, a two-time All-American, graduated from Ohio State as the school’s all-time leader in solo tackles (283). He also finished with 546 combined tackles — leading the Buckeyes in said category in two seasons — 11 interceptions and eight sacks. Spielman, a three-time first-team All-Big Ten defender, went on to be a four-time Pro Bowler who logged 100-plus combined tackles in nine of his 10 NFL seasons and became the Detroit Lions’ all-time leader in solo tackles (1,020).
