Greatest Ohio State Players To Ever Wear That Number

[msj2487]

After ESPiN came out with their list of college football's best athletes to wear each number, and failed miserably to give #45 to Archie, I got to thinking that I should create a list of the best buckeyes to wear each number. This project took much longer than I thought it would, but it doesn't matter, because it will now give us something do until opening kickoff next weekend.

I'm going to post each number set over the next couple of days and see what you guys think. Feel free to debate my choices and add whatever statistics and accolades to the lists that you can find. Also feel free to decide a new order for the honorable mentioned players and even let us know if you think Cris Carter should be the official #2 over Mike Doss.

One more thing to explain I'll post the entire list in this thread and then create new threads for each set of 10 numbers as the days go by, unless the moderators feel it would better to just keep all the threads into one. Also to catch up I'll start by posting the numbers 1-10 as well as 11-20.

Finally, hopefully I've done a good job in trying to gather the greatest players to ever play at tOSU and hopefully these upcoming threads will inspire some great memories and discussions about our famed buckeyes! I know this project has really helped me understand and realize just how rich our history is at tOSU and hopefully it will help those other youngsters out there like myself become more familiar with the former greats, as well as provide great refreshers to the older fans!

Overall list:

#1 P/K Tom Skladany
#2 SS Mike Doss
#3 S/P Mike Sensibaugh
#4 WR Santonio Holmes
[URL="http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28787"]#5 RB Michael Wiley
#6 LB Cie Grant
#7 QB Joe Germaine
#8 WR Bobby Olive
#9 WR David Boston
#10 QB Art Schlichter[/URL]
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#11 CB Antoine Winfield
#12 WR Michael Jenkins
#13 K Vlade Janakievski
#14 QB Bobby Hoying
#15 QB Greg Frey
#16 QB Craig Krenzel
#17 WR Chris Sanders
#18 E Merle Wendt
#19 P/QB Tom Tupa
#20 CB Neal Colzie
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#21 FS Nate Salley
#22 RB/QB Les Horvath
#23 CB Arnie Chonko
#24 CB Shawn Springs
#25 RB Carlos Snow
#26 G Gust Zarnas
#27 RB Eddie George
#28 RB Jonathan Wells
#29 RB Pepe Pearson
#30 DE Bill Willis
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#31 RB/QB/P/K Vic Janowicz
#32 CB Jack Tatum
#33 FB Pete Johnson
#34 RB Raymont Harris
#35 FB Jim Otis
#36 LB Chris Spielman
#37 DE Kelton Dansler
#38 FB Harold “Champ” Henson
#39 FB Jamar Martin
#40 RB Howard “Hopalong” Cassady
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#41 RB Keith Byars
#42 WR Paul Warfield
#43 RB Calvin Murray
#44 WR Gary Williams
#45 RB Archie Griffin
#46 FB Bob Ferguson
#47 HB Chic Harley
#48 CB Vince Skillings
#49 DE Jayson Gwinn
#50 G Vic Marino
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#51 LB Anthony Schlegel
#52 C Tom DeLeone
#53 LB Randy Gradishar
#54 DT Tim Anderson
#55 C Nick Mangold
#56 OG Rob Murphy
#57 DE Mike Kudla
#58 LB Steve Tovar
#59 C Ken Vargo
#60 T Charles Csuri
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#61 Nobody
#62 G Jim Parker
#63 G Jim Reichenbach
#64 G Aurealius Thomas
#65 C Ray Pryor
#66 LB Tom Bugel
#67 OT Alan Kline
#68 NG Jim Stillwagon
#69 OG Dick Mack
#70 OT David Foley
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#71 DT Pete Cusick
#72 DT Dan Wilkinson
#73 T Jim Davidson
#74 OT John Hicks
#75 OT Orlando Pace
#76 T Jim Marshall
#77 T Jim Tyrer
#78 OT Korey Stringer
#79 OT Chris Ward
#80 TE Jan White
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#81 TE Billy Anders
#82 DE Bill Spahr
#83 WR Terry Glenn
#84 E Jim Houston
#85 K Mike Nugent
#86 Nobody
#87 Nobody
#88 DE Van Ness DeCree
#89 TE John Frank
#90 G/T Warren Amling
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#91 DE Jason Simmons
#92 DE Matt Finkes
#93 DE Will Smith
#94 DE Mike Vrabel
#95 Nobody
#96 G Lindell Houston
#97 DT Kenny Peterson
#98 LB Pepper Johnson
#99 NG Luke Fickell
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EDIT: I'll post these new threads earlier tomorrow as well so everyone will get the chance to see them and chime in, in time!

 

[jwinslow]

I'd put Gamble ahead of Germaine... he was irreplaceable at corner during the '02 NC run.

 

[msj2487]

I forgot to mention this as well, so I'm sorry to have to pick on ya Jwins, but I was hoping to keep the discussions in the threads that show the stats, records, and list the honorable mentioned. Maybe this thread could be locked to avoid any further confusion. But of course also, thanks for the opinion, just maybe move it to the appropriate thread. :)

Also I want to mention right here that in the threads the honorable mentioned players are in order, so feel free to debate them as well as the player that should deserve to be known as the best to ever wear that number.

 

[msj2487]

bump

 

[msj2487]

Added #31-40

 

[msj2487]

#41-50 are up

 

[msj2487]

#1-#60 are now up, will be updating all lists today.

 

[msj2487]

Posted #61-70 and finally updated all of the lists.

 

[Buckeye_Nate]

I agree, Gamble ahead of Germaine.

 

[msj2487]

Interesting stuff, we've got some mixed reviews about the #7 spot, I think throw together some individual polls for the really tough #'s to choose from. I'm thinking #2, 7, 8, 10, maybe 33, 36, 42, and/or 46. Every other spot seems to have a more clear winner for the spot, so then after the polls, hopefully we'll come up with a consensus view on some of these other spots.

 

['bergBuckeye47]

#7 has to be Corny Greene

 

[calibuck]

#10 should give consideration to Rex Kern. Don't believe his statistics were as good as Schlichter's, but he won a national championship.

I don't know that anyone could have done a better job. Outstanding.

:gobucks3: :gobucks4: 4 days until the Buckeyes tee it up!

 

[heisman]

Agree with the previous 2 posts. Hands down, Corny Greene for #7. I would also give the nod to Kern over Schlichter, but if the Bucks run the table this season, I can't imagine a better #10 than Troy.

 

[msj2487]

#71-80 have been posted

 

[GoBucks89]

#2 SS Mike Doss

I'm as big a Doss fan as anyone, but what about Cris Carter? Do we subtract points because he took money from an agent?

#44 WR Gary Williams

Ray Griffin? Tough call, but Gary was never an All-American that I recall.

#68 NG Jim Stillwagon

LeCharles Bentley? Can't we have a tie?


Great list. Thanks for doing it.