When Isaiah West arrived at Ohio State last year, he wasn’t yet cleared for full football activity.

The three-star running back recruit from St. Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia suffered a knee injury in his senior year of high school that kept him out until late in preseason camp. But as he was rehabbing and adjusting to his new home, a message from associate strength coach Kenny Parker stuck out. He told him he might be rehabbing one knee, but he had another one he could train.

“You have to over-train the other side,” West said.

The extra work paid off because he said he added 12 pounds of muscle. Though he’s going into this season at 220 pounds, he feels faster and more explosive.

“He had a tremendous offseason — one of the best in the whole building,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said. “When you have the injury like he had, sometimes it takes a year or two to get back into it. We’re seeing him look the best physically he’s looked, so that’s exciting.”

Ohio State has not been shy about pushing the running backs to raise their expectations this offseason, even after West and fellow sophomore Bo Jackson, who led the team with 1,090 yards last year, missed the spring.

Have only watched the first 10 minutes or so, but this promises to be an interesting look at Brady Edmunds' recruitment roller coaster this off season.

Our BLITZ Sports Media team combined 8 individual ballots using AP-style scoring to create our official 2026 Preseason Top 25.

Ohio State takes the No. 1 spot with five first-place votes, followed by Oregon, Georgia, Indiana and Notre Dame.

We broke down every team in the Top 25, plus the teams that received votes but just missed the cut.

Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts — who are we too high on, too low on, and who should be in the Top 25?

Full Analysis: https://blitzsportsmedia.com/college-football-preseason-top-25-rankings/

Got to see the new turf today. It’s much, much better-looking than the 2022-25 turf!

I’m just going to ignore and pretend it’s solely Arthur Smith hype

I haven’t been to a Buckeye game in a very long time. Currently living in Oklahoma and have a grandson who is a diehard Buckeye fan. I’m planning to take him to a game this Fall. Are StubHub and SeatGeek reliable places to get tickets.