KYLE MCCORD SETS OHIO STATE RECORD WITH 18 CONSECUTIVE PASS COMPLETIONS
By completing his 11 first consecutive passes of Saturday’s game against Rutgers, Kyle McCord set an Ohio State record for the most consecutive pass completions in school history.
After completing all seven of his passing attempts in the second half (not including a pair of intentional grounding penalties, which do not count as official pass attempts) of Ohio State’s 24-10 win over Wisconsin, McCord completed his first 11 consecutive attempts of Saturday’s game against Rutgers for 18 straight completions, breaking the previous record of 17 consecutive completions by C.J. Stroud in Ohio State’s 2021 win over Michigan State.
Prior to Stroud’s 17 consecutive completions against the Spartans, J.T. Barrett and Justin Fields held the school record with 16 consecutive completions each by Barrett in 2017 and Fields in 2020.
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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL STATUS REPORT: DENZEL BURKE AND LATHAN RANSOM OUT VS. RUTGERS, EMEKA EGBUKA AND DEVIN BROWN AVAILABLE
Ohio State’s starting secondary has suffered a second blow heading into its matchup with Rutgers.
Star cornerback Denzel Burke is out for the second time in three weeks after missing the Penn State game with an injury on Oct. 21. Lathan Ransom, who was confirmed to have not traveled with the team for its road tilt, joins Burke as a second member of the Buckeye secondary who will not play against the Scarlet Knights.
Burke’s been a force for Ohio State in the seven games he’s played, breaking up nine passes with an interception, nine tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble recovered by Tyleik Williams for a touchdown against Western Kentucky in Week 3.
When the junior had to miss the Buckeyes’ top-10 showdown against Penn State after exiting with an apparent lower-body injury the week prior at Purdue, it was a combination of fellow junior corner Jordan Hancock and freshman Jermaine Mathews Jr. that replaced him to much success. Ransom’s injury means it likely won’t be a combination effort against Rutgers, however.
Hancock normally rotates with Sonny Styles at nickel, and the times he lined up inside against the Nittany Lions were when Mathews would enter at cornerback.
With Styles taking Ransom’s place at bandit, however, Hancock will likely be the Buckeyes’ full-time nickel, clearing the way for Mathews to play full-time on the outside.
