Ohio State middle Seth McLaughlin suffered a torn Achilles tendon throughout observe on Tuesday.
The devastating harm will price McLaughlin the remainder of the season, in line with the Columbus Dispatch, with the Buckeyes right down to their remaining two video games of the common season.
McLaughlin had been Ohio State’s beginning middle for all 10 of its video games this season after he had transferred to the college from Alabama and comes with the Buckeyes already having misplaced gamers on their offensive line.
Carson Hinzman is probably going the following man up with McLaughlin now out after the junior had bounced across the offensive line this season.
He performed left guard the final three video games for the Buckeyes and had began at middle final yr earlier than McLaughlin transferred in.
Hinzman had credited McLaughlin this yr for serving to him develop as a participant.
“It’s been a lot of learning,” Hinzman mentioned, in line with On3. “Clearly it’s not what you suppose coming off of final yr. However deep conversations in myself with God, asking why some issues occur, after which determining — you realize, some issues like this may be the very best issues.
“Learning from Seth, he’s an amazing player, he’s an amazing guy.”
McLaughlin made headlines final season whereas with Alabama through the Rose Bowl when he botched a number of snaps, together with a blunder in time beyond regulation that impeded the Crimson Tide on a fourth-and-goal try from the three-yard line.
This season these snapping points had subsided and he and Ohio State had been a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, given to the very best offensive line unit within the nation.
The Buckeyes additionally misplaced Josh Simmons to a season-ending knee harm after they misplaced to Oregon in October.
Ohio State will face Indiana this weekend after which battle Michigan within the remaining week of the faculty soccer common season at Ohio Stadium.
