All but five of the 26 high school recruits who signed with the Buckeyes in December enrolled in school for the spring semester, allowing them to participate in 15 practices that will be held through the middle of next month. Here are five to keep an eye on during the coming weeks.

Ohio State will have plenty of new faces as spring practices approaches as the Buckeyes turn the page from their national championship season.

I’ll try to keep my mouth shut because I think we’ve got to prove a lot of different things,” coach Luke Fickell said Thursday.

Also new to the team is walk-on backup quarterback Bubba Thompson, a former McGill-Toolen star who spent the last eight years playing professional baseball. The 26-year-old Thompson was a first-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2017, and played a total of 109 major-league games with the Rangers and Cincinnati Reds from 2022-24.

One can argue that no Ohio State position group is dealing with more ‘new’ in 2025 than its offensive line. OSU must find a way to replace four Day 1 starters from its 2024 lineup and the man in charge of doing that is new offensive line coach Tyler Bowen.

Ohio State's spring practice starts next week, so we break down 5 key questions the Buckeyes will be facing this spring