Ohio State defensive end C.J. Hicks discusses what's different about Buckeyes this year
Now that the team has been there, done that, though, how do you keep things fresh, and how will all of that veteran talent (14 NFL draftees) impact the 2025 Ohio State Buckeyes?
According to defensive end C.J. Hicks, while appearing on the Bobby Carpenter show, there's reason to believe that this year's team can still be a very, very good one. In fact, he believes that while OSU has gotten younger and less experienced, it might just be hungrier this year.
Last year's team, there were guys who had been there, done that with more experience for sure. With this year, we can just tell that everybody's hungry. And you guys can attest to that with being in spring practices with all the chippiness and all that stuff. Like we're all hungry, we all want to be great. We all want to win, we hate losing.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State defender C.J. Hicks discusses difference in 2025 Buckeyes
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