Mitchell Melton

Ohio State will be down two players when the 2022 football season kicks off in the fall. Head coach Ryan Day announced during a session with local media members on Friday that running back Marcus Crowley and defensive end Mitchell Melton will both be out next year, with Crowley not playing beyond the season.

Mitchell Melton’s career at Ohio State has been stung with injuries early on. Unfortunately, he’s dealing with another one that has his 2022 campaign in jeopardy. A member of the 2020 recruiting class, Melton appeared in one game as a true freshman during the shortened COVID-19 season for the Buckeyes. Then, he missed the entirety of the 2021 season after an injury during spring practices.

It's looking like an injury will keep Mitchell Melton on the sidelines for a second year in a row. While Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles didn't yet have a "total answer" about whether the third-year defensive end will be able to play this fall after suffering an injury in the spring game, he did indicate it's unlikely, saying a return this season is "gonna be tough."

Redshirt sophomore defensive end Mitchell Melton went down with a knee injury in Ohio State’s spring game last month and on Friday it was confirmed to be a torn ACL for the Silver Spring, Maryland native. Speaking with reporters on Friday, Buckeye head coach Ryan Day said it would...

Putting too much stock into anything that happens in the spring game can often be futile, but to pretend we learned nothing from this past weekend’s exhibition would be disingenuous. There are plenty of takeaways to unpack from Ohio State’s final “practice” of the spring, and in a special...

In a scary moment for the Ohio State defense during the team’s spring game, linebacker Mitchell Melton limped off the field with an injury. In his press conference following the spring game, Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles said he had not received an update on the extent of Melton’s injury yet, per Patrick Murphy of Bucknuts247. If Melton is out for any significant amount of time, that dents Ohio State’s defensive depth. Melton was in the running to play the “Jack” position in Knowles’ defensive scheme.

There’s been a lot of talk about the Leo position since Jim Knowles made the move from Stillwater to Columbus, but up until Tuesday, very little of it had come from members of the Ohio State program. In fact, when asked about the hybrid linebacker/defensive end position – a...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football returned to practice Tuesday morning after a week off for Spring Break. What we saw during three periods open to the media for practice No. 3 in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Reporters will meet with Ryan Day after practice. Defense. • Mitchell...

Ohio State’s already inexperienced linebackers room took another hit this week as head coach Ryan Day announced on Monday that redshirt freshman Mitchell Melton will be sidelined with a “long-term injury,” though he did not offer further details. The 6-foot-3 and 242-pound Melton – who came to Columbus as a...