Ohio State’s offense is getting a huge piece back in 2021 as Ryan Day attempts to win a National Championship.
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Ohio State came up just short of a National Championship this season, and its talented team is expected to have an exodus during this April’s NFL Draft. But not everyone is leaving Columbus to turn pro this spring.
The Buckeyes will have to make up for the loss of Justin Fields, Trey Sermon and others who leave for the NFL but one offensive star has decided to stay. Thayer Munford announced on Saturday that he was coming back for one more season.
“For the last four years I have been so close to lift up that trophy but came up so short,” Munford wrote on Saturday. “We have to look into the future. With that being said I am coming back for another year to achieve my goal and getting my degree that I have promised my family and myself that I will get my degree before I leave.”
Thayer Munford might not be alone in returning to Ohio State in 2021
This is a huge boost for a Buckeyes offense that is going to be purged by the NFL Draft. In addition to top-line names like Fields, and Sermon, the Ohio State offensive line is expected to lose massive pillars like Josh Myers and Wyatt Davis who could both be first-round picks.
Munford isn’t the only Buckeye expected to return to the offensive line next season. There are rumblings that right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere might also return for unfinished business in 2021. There’s hope among fans that, while no one chooses returning over cashing in on the high draft stock, many of the instrumental pieces of this year’s National Championship Game roster decide to run it back next season and finish what was started.
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