Cade Stover, Mitch Rossi, Joe Royer and Gee Scott Jr. bring a variety of skill sets to the tight end position, and Kevin Wilson will look to play each of them to their strengths.
One tight end played more than 60 percent of Ohio State’s total snaps at the position in 2021. It’s unlikely any Ohio State tight end will play nearly that large a share of the snaps in 2022.at tight end while the rest of Ohio State’s tight ends played just 460 offensive snaps combined. With Ruckert now on his way to the NFL, though, Ohio State could look to divide playing time more evenly among three or four tight ends this season rather than having a clear-cut No. 1 player at the position.
Cade Stover is the likely frontrunner to start at tight end after moving back to the position following a brief switch to linebacker. Stover played the second-most snaps among Ohio State tight ends behind only Ruckert last season, and among the Buckeyes’ four tight ends who are in at least their third year at Ohio State, he’s the only one with the measurables offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Kevin Wilson truly desires at the position at 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds.
Wilson says his goal is to allow all four of them to play to their strengths rather than trying to fit them into the same mold. So rather than there being a defined pecking order at the position, that could mean playing different tight ends depending on what the Buckeyes are trying to accomplish on offense or the matchups they are facing from the opposing defense.
“To me, the tight end group’s like a basketball unit. It'd be nice if they were all 6-5, 6-6 and 260-70 and ran 4.4. But they're not. Typically some guys block better, some guys run routes better. But when those guys get going and you put them on the field and you can move those parts around and you can take advantage of matchups, and that's what we're looking for.”
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