Ohio State Buckeyes are showing interest in an experienced offensive weapon in the transfer portal
After making most of their additions in the winter transfer portal, the Ohio State Buckeyes can be choosy with who they want to add in the spring. For the most part, the Buckeyes have focused on the offensive and defensive lines. Ohio State found two projected starters in the winter portal for the offensive line, […]
After making most of their additions in the winter transfer portal, the Ohio State Buckeyes can be choosy with who they want to add in the spring.
For the most part, the Buckeyes have focused on the offensive and defensive lines. Ohio State found two projected starters in the winter portal for the offensive line, Ethan Onianwa and Phillip Daniels. Depth on both of the lines is somewhere Ohio State has looked.
An interesting player has come to the surface who you wouldn’t expect the Buckeyes to be interested in.
According to On3’s Hayes Fawcett, Ohio State has reached out to BYU transfer WR/KR Keelan Marion. Marion entered the portal over the weekend after spending the last two seasons at BYU and the previous two seasons at UConn. Marion will have one year of eligibility left.
There is no shortage of playmakers for the Buckeyes, so this raised some eyebrows. Marion did have two kickoffs returned for a touchdown last season and averaged 26 yards a return. Ohio State may see the value there, where they have shifted players around the last couple of years.
Marion caught 24 passes for 346 receiving yards and a touchdown. As a freshman at UConn, Marion had his best receiving season with 28 catches for 474 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Ohio State wouldn’t need Marion for the receiving ability, though he would add depth there. The transfer wideout is a 6-foot, 195-pound athlete from Atlanta, Georgia.
Ohio State is just one of a number of schools to reach out to the offensive transfer. We’ll see if a visit or anything more comes of it. The first offensive skill player that Ohio State has been connected to.
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