Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Bradley Robinson Unavailable At Penn State

Ohio State extensive receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, lengthy snapper Bradley Robinson and cornerback Cameron Brown are among the many 15 gamers unavailable for Saturday’s recreation at Penn State, which kicks off at 12 p.m. on FOX.

Smith-Njigba’s absence is stunning on condition that head coach Ryan Day stated earlier this week that he didn’t irritate his hamstring or endure one other damage the win over Iowa and that he was merely on a “pitch depend,” although he appeared to come back up gingerly following a route within the second quarter.

“That’s the plan,” Day stated when requested if Smith-Njigba was on observe to play in opposition to the Nittany Lions. “Because the week goes on, we’ll know extra. While you come out of video games like that, you’ve received to maintain evaluating and see how issues go, however we’ll maintain figuring stuff out and by the top of the week, we’ll have a greater concept.”

Day appeared much less sure later within the week, although, as he deferred to the provision report when requested to supply an replace on Smith-Njigba’s standing. He was additionally requested about the potential of shutting the star receiver down till later within the season in hopes of getting him absolutely wholesome for a possible postseason run.

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“That’s the dialog that’s made each day. It has been for weeks,” Day stated on Thursday. “I depart it as much as the docs and professionals in that space. I actually don’t know rather a lot concerning the ins and outs of what you’re speaking about. That’s why we’ve got such an ideal crew right here.”

This marks the fifth recreation of the season that the Buckeyes will play with out Smith-Njigba, who was initially injured within the season-opening win over Notre Dame, returned to motion two weeks later in opposition to Toledo, missed the subsequent three video games heading into the off week after which performed 22 snaps in opposition to Iowa.

Robinson, in the meantime, left the win over the Hawkeyes with an obvious proper knee damage. He went down on the primary punt of the second half, then was noticed on the sidelines on crutches, with redshirt freshman Mason Arnold dealing with snaps on further factors and punts for the rest of the sport.

Lastly, Brown will probably be unavailable for the fourth time within the final 5 video games after leaving the win over the Rockets with an undisclosed damage, which suggests redshirt freshman J.Ok. Johnson will begin reverse of sophomore Denzel Burke as soon as once more. The complete record of gamers who’re unavailable for Saturday’s recreation is under:

Ohio State Availability Report Vs. Penn State

Unavailable:

• Freshman defensive finish Omari Abor
• Fifth-year senior extensive receiver Kamryn Babb
• Fifth-year senior cornerback Cameron Brown
• Freshman extensive receiver Caleb Burton
• Freshman working again T.C. Caffey
• Redshirt freshman extensive receiver Corban Cleveland
• Fifth-year senior cornerback Lloyd McFarquhar
• Redshirt sophomore defensive finish Mitchell Melton
• Fifth-year senior linebacker Teradja Mitchell
• Redshirt freshman linebacker Jalen Tempo
• Redshirt freshman working again Evan Pryor
• Seventh-year senior lengthy snapper Bradley Robinson
• Redshirt sophomore tight finish Joe Royer
• Junior extensive receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba 
• Redshirt sophomore security Kourt Williams

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