Pair of Buckeyes earn midseason All-American honors
COLUMBUS — Ohio State has hit the midway point of the regular season after its road loss to Oregon on Saturday.
Most of the country is now at the six-game mark, meaning college football is half-way over. With that in mind, the folks over at CBS Sports released their midseason All-America team, and a pair of Buckeyes players landed on the list.
Ohio State is tied with Texas and Iowa as the only three programs with two players on the midseason All-America team. The Buckeyes have two of the five Big Ten selections after six games — one on each side of the ball. Both are transfer additions.
On the offensive side of the ball, center Seth McLaughlin is a CBS Sports midseason All American at center. McLaughlin transferred in from Alabama after starting 25 games for the Crimson Tide during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. He picked Ohio State after leaving Alabama last offseason, and he has proven to be among the best offensive linemen in college football — and potentially the best center.
Flip it over to the defensive side of things, and another Alabama transfer is on the midseason All-America team for the Buckeyes. Safety Caleb Downs earned the nod from the folks at CBS Sports. Even as the Buckeyes defense has had its fair share of struggles this season, Downs has been incredible for this defense. He had eight tackles and two pass breakups in the loss to Oregon on Saturday night.
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ICYMI: Buckeyes fear season-ending injury for left tackle Josh Simmons
Redshirt junior left tackle Josh Simmons left the Buckeyes’ loss to Oregon on a cart Saturday night after falling to the turf and grabbing his knee on the final play of the first quarter.
Following the loss, Ohio State coach Ryan Day provided a grim update on Simmons’ status moving forward.
“The injury to Josh Simmons hurt,” Day said. “Zen [Michalski, Simmons’ replacement] did a good job of coming in and competing. Tegra went down a little bit there. And so Austin had to go in. So I thought those guys competed.
“I’ll have to get the update on Simmons, but it doesn’t look great in terms of him being able to come back this season. So that’s a big hit for us, but I thought those guys came in and competed in the game.”
Now the Buckeyes wait for the official news, but as Day mentioned, the worst may be the result.
