Buckeyes dealing with O-line injury ahead of Miami game

Trinton Breeze

Yesterday at 8:01 PM 1 min read

Ohio State has been one of the most dominant teams in the trenches this season, but the Buckeyes will be shorthanded up front when they face Miami next Wednesday.

Head coach Ryan Day confirmed, via Dave Biddle, that starting right guard Tegra Tshabola will miss the next couple of weeks with an injury. In his place, Gabe Van Sickle and Josh Padilla are expected to split reps at right guard against the Hurricanes.

Tshabola, a redshirt senior, has been a veteran on Ohio State’s offensive line since 2024. He has 28 career starts and started all 13 games this season.

With this game likely decided in the trenches, it’s a notable development. Miami boasts one of the best defensive lines in the country, and Ohio State’s decision to rotate at right guard could give the Hurricanes an edge up front heading into the matchup.

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MillValleyBuckeye

Yesterday at 11:06 PM

2001canes4L said:
Osu fans have been saying that he stinks and are happy he is out. Claim he is the weakest member of their oline. Take that for what it’s worth.

It could be addition by subtraction with Tegra being out. While PFF is somewhat unreliable, here are the PFF grades for each lineman for the year:

LT Austin Siereveld – 84.8
LG Luke Montgomery – 74.6
C Carson Hinzman -71.8
RG Tegra Tshabola – 55.5
RT Phillip Daniels – 68.2

He is definitely the weak link on the line and he was benched for Van Sickle halfway through the Indiana game. Regardless of the injury, I would've been surprised if he started the game against Miami after his performance against Indiana. He has the physical talent, but he misses the reads and pickups. The coaching staff was too patient with him all year. However, the fact that he started all year may mean Van Sickle or Padilla are worse options and the coaching staff knows it. Either way, we will find out next week.

judge smails army

Yesterday at 11:33 PM

edge said:
Yet somehow their coaches don’t see this? He might stink but that doesn’t mean next man up is better. It might mean they all stink. Moten is about to show them.

These guys have top3 recruiting classes every year. And they churn out nfl players but they have the ****tier player purposely starting?
Now they’re good that this guy got hurt. Sounds legit.

UMFarArcher

Yesterday at 11:41 PM

The OSU QB must be having terrifying nightmares at night.

Rocket Train Bain - closing at hyper-speed . . .

Mordor Mesidor - closing at Warp 2 - with blood in one eye and death in the other . . .

Think I'ma gonna love this game!

TpaBayFlyFisher

Yesterday at 11:44 PM

2001canes4L said:
Osu fans have been saying that he stinks and are happy he is out. Claim he is the weakest member of their oline. Take that for what it’s worth.

I hope it is true because his backup is, in the eyes of the OSU staff, a weaker player…..

Hstokes1447

Today at 12:00 AM

This man is going to eat

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BLACKfromOVERTOWN

Today at 12:05 AM

"this is it! dont get scared now."

F-MarioCristobal

Today at 12:19 AM

Some of you guys talking about having friends that are Ohio State fans… I don’t understand how. I try to separate college football from everyday life but I’ve found that it’s impossible to be friends with their fans. Just something about them.

Same can be said for ND, FSU, UF, and recently in the last 3-4 years, I’ve added Michigan fans to that list.

My wife has family from Ohio and I have to avoid those people. Can’t stand being around them in general and coincidentally, they’re OSU fans and it gets worse when they talk about football.

Hstokes1447

Today at 12:37 AM

pacusmc

Today at 12:41 AM

miami305

Today at 1:05 AM

Pentagon Cane said:
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steven is my name

AllAboutTheU

Today at 5:15 AM

F-MarioCristobal said:
Some of you guys talking about having friends that are Ohio State fans… I don’t understand how. I try to separate college football from everyday life but I’ve found that it’s impossible to be friends with their fans. Just something about them.

Same can be said for ND, FSU, UF, and recently in the last 3-4 years, I’ve added Michigan fans to that list.

My wife has family from Ohio and I have to avoid those people. Can’t stand being around them in general and coincidentally, they’re OSU fans and it gets worse when they talk about football.

I’m from there and hating Ohio State is one of my earliest sports memories because of how obnoxious OSU fans were, and this was pre-2003. They’ve somehow been much worse after that. They’re not even a knowledgeable fan base either. Just obnoxious.