Four big questions Ohio State football can answer during spring game

Ohio State football ended its 2025 season with a bad taste in its mouth, dropping its final two games to Indiana in the Big Ten Championship and to Miami in the CFP quarterfinals. Now, more than three months later, there has been a ton of roster turnover, and the Buckeyes ’ spring game is this Saturday. Ohio State and Ryan Day brought in 17 transfers while 37 players entered the portal, along with a new offensive coordinator in Arthur Smith, leaving plenty of questions about how this team will look in 2026.

With the stage set, here are four questions to keep in mind when watching Ohio State’s spring game. Who will step up alongside Jeremiah Smith in the WR room? Last season, Carnell Tate was marvelous as Ohio State’s wide receiver 2, racking up 51 catches for 875 yards and 9 touchdowns.

He was the perfect Robin to Jeremiah Smith as Batman, as the two wreaked havoc on opposing defenses all season long. Now Tate is off to the NFL, where he will likely be a top 10 pick next Thursday night. So the question becomes who can fill that void, line up next to Jeremiah Smith, and take some pressure off him?

Brandon Inniss returns in 2026 and will be looking to carve out a larger role in this offense. Or could we see one of the young freshman studs steal a starting job early in their Buckeye careers in Chris Henry Jr. , Brock Boyd, or Jerquaden Guilford?