Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly is leaving the Buckeyes for a similar place with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, in accordance with CBS Sports activities’/247Sports’ Matt Zenitz. The loss is important for Ohio State, and never simply because Kelly performed a pivotal function in main the Buckeyes to their first nationwide title in a decade, but it surely additionally implies that Ohio State now has to switch each of its coordinators and one in all its prime assistants lower than a month after downing Notre Dame within the School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship.
Jim Knowles left for Penn State within the final week of January, turning into school soccer’s highest-paid defensive coordinator within the course of. Offensive line coach Justin Frye, who developed a pair of potential first-round 2025 NFL Draft picks in Josh Simmons and Donovan Jackson, made his personal transfer to the NFL by becoming a member of the Arizona Cardinals.
Kelly, who will reportedly turn into the highest-paid coordinator within the NFL at $6 million per 12 months, left his place as UCLA’s head coach to turn into Ohio State’s offensive coordinator following the 2023 season. The pairing yielded large outcomes for the Buckeyes. They completed the common season averaging 423.5 yards and 35.5 factors per recreation. Ohio State averaged 36.3 factors throughout its run via the School Soccer Playoff and scored a mixed 83 factors in its first two video games towards Tennessee and top-seeded Oregon.
Below Kelly’s steering, working backs TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins every rushed for over 1,000 yards and mixed for twenty-four whole touchdowns. Quarterback Will Howard, a former starter at Kansas State, posted profession highs with 4,010 yards and 35 touchdowns passing. First-year phenom Jeremiah Smith shattered the Massive Ten file for single-season landing receptions by a freshman (15).
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Kelly’s transfer again to the skilled stage is smart. After a profitable stint as the top coach at Oregon, the place he led the Geese to a few straight Pac-12 (previously Pac-10) titles from 2009-11 and an look within the BCS Nationwide Championship Recreation in 2010, Kelly left to teach the Philadelphia Eagles from 2013-15. He additionally led the San Francisco 49ers throughout the 2016 season and amassed a 28-35 total file as an NFL coach.
Knowles’ departure stings a bit extra on condition that he left for one in all Ohio State’s prime convention rivals, although he’s a local of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He actually leaves a giant gap to fill from an on-field perspective. The Buckeyes fielded school soccer’s prime defensive unit in 2024, stacked with future NFL expertise at each stage of the sector.
They led the FBS in whole protection (254.6 yards per recreation) and scoring protection (12.88 factors per recreation). Ohio State did not permit a single opponent within the School Soccer Playoff to attain above 23 factors and held two out of 4 groups it confronted beneath 20 factors.
Ohio State goes to have a busy offseason, given its three vacancies to fill — particularly with spring observe and the second switch window proper across the nook.
