 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ohio State inodzosa vatambi vanotanga 14 kubva mumwaka wa2012, kubatanidza vapfumbamwe pakurwisa, vana pakudzivirira, pamwe chete nomumwe mumapoka chaiwo. Quarterback Braxton Miller anodzoka mushure mekutanga mitambo gumi nemaviri muna 2012 nemitambo misere muna 2011. Pamwe chete naMiller pakurwisa, kumhanya shure Carlos Hyde, kurwisa kurwisa Jack Mewhort uye muchengeti anorwisa Andrew Norwell vose vanodzokera pakurwisa pashure pokudanwa kuti vave muBig Ten All-Conference team mwaka wapfuura. Mumutambo unodzivirira Ryan Shazier anodzoka mushure mokunge atumidzwa kunzvimbo yeAll-Conference mu2012, nepo cornerback Bradley Roby anodzoka mushure mokunge atumidzwa kunzvimbo yeAP All-American mwaka wadarika. Pakurwisa, Ohio State yakarasikirwa nomupedzeri akapinza Jake Stoneburner uye anorwisa Reid Fragel, pamwe chete nomutambi Ben Buchanan, vose vari vakuru. Pakudzivirira, Ohio State yakarasikirwa nevatambi vanodzivirira John Simon, Garrett Goebel naNathan Williams, vatambi vanodzivirira Etienne Sabino naZach Boren, pamwe chete nevatsigiri vepakona Travis Howard, vose vakapedza kudzidza. Mukomana wechiduku bedzi weBuckeye akakodzera nokuda kweNFL Draftuyo akazivisa kuva akakodzera akanga ari mutambi anozvidzivirira Johnathan Hankins, uyo akasarudzwa mumutambo wechipiri neNew York Giants. 