COLUMBUS, Ohio — The 2024 NFL Playoffs begin on Saturday and there will be plenty of former Ohio State players on the field.
The first game of this year's playoffs will feature four former Buckeyes on the Cleveland Browns as they travel to take on C.J. Stroud, Noah Brown, Cam Johnston and the Houston Texans.
Stroud, who is the favorite to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and even had his name in the MVP conversation, led his team to an AFC South title and is nearing 4,200 passing yards for the season.
The four Ohio State alumni on the Browns – and five if you include OL Dawand Jones, who is on injured reserve – are the most of any playoff team. They are: S Ronnie Hickman, CB Denzel Ward, OL Luke Wypler and S Tanner McCalister.
Two of Sunday's wildcard games will each feature four Buckeyes. The Dallas Cowboys will have Jonathan Hankins, Malik Hooker and Billy Price while the Green Bay Packers have offensive linemen Michael Jordan and Josh Myers.
The Los Angeles Rams will trot out just one Buckeye in Jordan Fuller while the Detroit Lions will feature Taylor Decker, Jonah Jackson and Jake McQuaide.
The wild card weekend concludes with the Philadelphia Eagles traveling to Tampa Bay to take on the Buccaneers. The lone Buckeye in that game is Philly's Bradley Roby.
The two teams on byes this weekend, the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens, have four total Buckeyes: Chase Young, Nick Bosa, Malik Harrison and JK Dobbins.
The full list of 25 Buckeyes (22 active, 3 on injured reserve) can be seen below:
- LB Malik Harrison (Baltimore)
- RB JK Dobbins (Baltimore – injured reserve)
- SAF Ronnie Hickman (Cleveland)
- SAF Tanner McCalister (Cleveland)
- CB Denzel Ward (Cleveland)
- OL Luke Wypler (Cleveland)
- OL Dawand Jones (Cleveland – injured reserve)
- DT Jonathan Hankins (Dallas)
- SAF Malik Hooker (Dallas)
- OL Billy Price (Dallas)
- OL Taylor Decker (Detroit)
- OL Jonah Jackson (Detroit)
- LS Jake McQuaide (Detroit)
- OL Michael Jordan (Green Bay)
- OL Josh Myers (Green Bay)
- WR Noah Brown (Houston)
- P Cam Johnston (Houston)
- QB C.J. Stroud (Houston)
- SAF Jordan Fuller (LA Rams)
- CB Eli Apple (Miami)
- LB Jerome Baker (Miami – injured reserve)
- CB Bradley Roby (Philadelphia)
- DL Cam Hayward (Pittsburgh)
- DL Nick Bosa (San Francisco)
- DL Chase Young (San Francisco)