Jerron Cage is making his first career start in the national championship.
With Tommy Togiai unavailable for tonight’s game, Ohio State turned to Cage to take his place on the starting lineup on the nose tackle with a national title at stake against Alabama.
A fourth-year junior, Cage has never started a game for the Buckeyes before, but has seen playing time in all seven Ohio games this season for a total of 77 snaps. Winton Woods High School will certainly be put to the test on Monday night, however, as he sees the most significant playing time of his career in Ohio as he faces an offensive line from Alabama that won the Joe Moore award this year. year as the best nation.
Antwuan Jackson and Taron Vincent also saw regular playing time in the rotation of the tackle’s nose with Togiai out.
(Update: Cage ran off the field after suffering an apparent injury towards the end of the first quarter, but returned to the game in the second quarter.)