Latest / Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning / Ohio State Transfer News: Veteran RB James Peoples Enters Transfer Portal

Transcript

Ohio State Transfer News: Veteran RB James Peoples Enters Transfer Portal · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow morning, Sunday, January fourth, I'm your host,
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: tom Or the ball State game in two hundred and
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: forty four days. The game he gets Fishigean in three
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: hundred and twenty eight days. If you're planning your next event,
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: make it unforgettable with great Fulgritte, Columbus's favorite food truck
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: serving up Smashberger's Gormet sandwiches and good vibes Booker Catering.
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: Today at gratefulgriddleh dot com, we have yet another transfer
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: portal show. This is one of the bigger names that
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: we have seen go into the transfer portal for Ohio State.
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: This cycle really not a surprise when you look at
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: sort of the type of profile that tends to be
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: a guy who's looking at the portal. In this case,
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: we're talking about Ohio State running back James Peoples. People's
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: came into the season as sort of the projected starter.
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: He really looked pretty good this spring, and then once
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: the season got started, it just felt like true freshman
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: Bo Jackson ended up passing him on the depth chart.
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: Eventually it looked like Isaiah West maybe had jumped him
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: as well. And when you are a veteran player and
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: you get jumped by a couple of guys who are
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: a year behind you. That is typically the kind of
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: profile that makes you think, Okay, this is someone who
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: maybe does end up in the portal people's was productive
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: at Ohio State.
• 1:08
  Speaker 2: He was not.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: You know, this was not someone who was just never
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: going to be a.
• 1:11
  Speaker 2: Factor for the Buckeyes. He looked pretty good.
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: At times during the true freshman season, but it just
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: sort of flashing here and there. Had four carries for
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: twenty six yards against Northwestern, ten carries for fifty one
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: yards against Michigan State. At his moment, certainly, but didn't
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: was not really asked to do much until this year.
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: Came in, started the year as the number one back
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: for the team. Ten carries for just twenty yards against Texas,
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: had some moments against Grambling and Ohio as well. Seven
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: carries fifty nine yards against Minnesota, and you still kind
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: of saw him getting carries throughout the year. But those
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: carry numbers kind of dropped off a little bit as
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: the season went along and it looked like bo Jackson
• 1:50
  Speaker 1: had really won that starting running back job and Isaiah
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: West was taking a bigger role.
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: CJ.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: Donaldson certainly took his fair share of carries, and in
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: the crowded running back room, that just didn't leave.
• 1:59
  Speaker 2: All whole lot left for James Peoples.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: You still saw him out there against in the Cotton
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: Bowl game against Miami returning kicks as they were sort
• 2:07
  Speaker 1: of looking for ways to get him involved. But ultimately
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: he's going to choose to go to the portal. Now,
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: the question is what's next for James Peoples. He is
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: someone that feels like he's going to have a bright future.
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: He's going to show up somewhere and have a make
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: a really solid impact wherever he ends up going, whether
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: that's staying somewhere in the Midwest, maybe going a little
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: bit closer to home, back to the state of Texas.
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: You know, does he end up at a bailor or
• 2:30
  Speaker 1: an SMU or somewhere like that. He is someone who
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: I think you could keep an eye on and see
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: a potentially a bright future for James Peoples wherever he
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: ends up. So he will be he will be headed
• 2:43
  Speaker 1: into the portal. Now, the question is what's next for
• 2:46
  Speaker 1: Ohio State at the running back position. Because there is
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: no more CJ.
• 2:49
  Speaker 2: Donaldson.
• 2:50
  Speaker 1: He's out of eligibility. We talked on a show last
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: night about Sam Dixon. He entered the portal to know
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: Sam Dixon, now know James Peoples as well.
• 2:59
  Speaker 2: So it is going to be a.
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: Young running back room for the buck Eyes this upcoming season.
• 3:04
  Speaker 1: Bo Jackson and Isaiah West both back for their sophomore seasons.
• 3:07
  Speaker 1: Herbro Rodgers he kind of got lost this year. He
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: came in that that was someone that Carlos Laughlin was
• 3:13
  Speaker 1: a big fan of, someone that Carlos Lockan was recruiting
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: when he was Oregon as well. So that's another name
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: that's going to be a name to watch moving forward,
• 3:21
  Speaker 1: and someone who kind of got a little bit lost
• 3:23
  Speaker 1: this year. He really was banged up, really never got
• 3:25
  Speaker 1: a chance to show what he could do. So those
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: are three guys who are returning. Turbo Rodgers will obviously
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: be a red shirt freshman, and then true freshman favor
• 3:33
  Speaker 1: A Key out of Delaware, Ohio. He's someone who's probably
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: going to take a red shirt season this year. Guessing
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: that's probably going to be the case. So then that's
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: three and sort of a half running backs there. That's
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: when the question becomes what did the buck Eyes do?
• 3:49
  Speaker 1: Do they go into the portal and go get another
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: running back.
• 3:52
  Speaker 2: I guess would be yes.
• 3:53
  Speaker 1: I would expect them to look for someone probably like
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: a one year kind of guy they got with Donaldson,
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: like they got with Quinn Shawn Judkins out.
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: Of Ole miss the cycle before that.
• 4:06
  Speaker 1: Go find a big, physical running back to kind of
• 4:09
  Speaker 1: compliment what Bo Jackson and Isaiah West and Turbo Rogers
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: can do. Those are all guys who are you know,
• 4:15
  Speaker 1: They're not tiny backs by any means, especially Bo Jackson,
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: but also not guys who are going to be the
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty pound battering ram kind of running
• 4:24
  Speaker 1: back that ACJ.
• 4:25
  Speaker 2: Donaldson was for the Buckeyes this year.
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: So those are guys that I would kind of keep
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: an eye on in terms of, you know, the type
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: of player that Ohio State might be looking for looking
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: to add in the transfer portal this year. And then
• 4:39
  Speaker 1: you know, here's why they're not going to get a
• 4:43
  Speaker 1: guy who is a freshman phenom somewhere who is looking
• 4:45
  Speaker 1: to come in and step in and be a two
• 4:48
  Speaker 1: year player at Ohio State. A multi year player looking
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: for starters minutes at Ohio State. You've got Bo Jackson,
• 4:54
  Speaker 1: so you've got isa West, so those are guys who
• 4:57
  Speaker 1: are going to be getting a decent number of carries.
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: It's going to be a hard sell to get something
• 5:02
  Speaker 1: to look to find someone who is a twelve hundred
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: yard back somewhere else this year to come in and
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: be willing to split carries maybe three ways.
• 5:11
  Speaker 2: That's I think going to be a hard sell.
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: So that's where I sort of look and think, Okay,
• 5:14
  Speaker 1: this probably would make more sense for them to try
• 5:17
  Speaker 1: and find a try and find a one year guy,
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: someone who very much fits that sort of CJ.
• 5:23
  Speaker 2: Donaldson mode mold where.
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: He is an experienced guy, a veteran player, but also
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: maybe just kind of a one year guy looking for
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: a little bit of a role as a short yardage
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: back or someone who is you know, really excels in
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: pass pro looking to come in and do a lot
• 5:40
  Speaker 1: of the dirty work.
• 5:41
  Speaker 2: Had as similar to what CJ.
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: Donaldson did, how a similar to what they found in
• 5:44
  Speaker 1: Will Kasmeric at the tight end position as well. So
• 5:47
  Speaker 1: that's that's maybe something to watch for in the portal.
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: We will have plenty of time to get into specific
• 5:52
  Speaker 1: names there a little later on. The portal officially just
• 5:55
  Speaker 1: opened on Friday, January second, so there's still going to
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: be a lot of that are not in there yet
• 6:01
  Speaker 1: that are going to be candidates for Ohio State and
• 6:03
  Speaker 1: for everyone else in the portal in that portal shopping season.
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: That'll kind of go over the next couple of weeks.
• 6:09
  Speaker 1: The portal doesn't close until January sixteenth, so we've got
• 6:12
  Speaker 1: plenty of time to look at some of the other names.
• 6:15
  Speaker 2: You know, some specific names in.
• 6:17
  Speaker 1: Terms of who Ohio State could add at that at
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: the running back position in the portal this offseason. And
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: one other name just to mention, this is something we
• 6:26
  Speaker 1: brought up. Tony and I brought up on the show
• 6:28
  Speaker 1: where we were talking about the departure of Sam Dixon
• 6:30
  Speaker 1: and in sort of in the context of bringing in
• 6:33
  Speaker 1: an additional portal guy. One of the top running backs
• 6:37
  Speaker 1: in the class of twenty twenty seven, something someone of
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: at Ohio State is extremely high on and someone of
• 6:41
  Speaker 1: that Ohio State has been pursuing very very hard, is
• 6:44
  Speaker 1: David Gabriel George. He is a running back out of
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: the state of Tennessee in the class of twenty twenty seven,
• 6:50
  Speaker 1: so he will be the next recruiting cycle. He would
• 6:52
  Speaker 1: be someone that would be signing in December. You don't
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: want to make the path of the playing field for him.
• 6:57
  Speaker 1: You don't want to clutter that up because he is
• 6:59
  Speaker 1: someone that virtually all of the top teams of the
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: nation are going after Ohio State fuels. Seems like they
• 7:05
  Speaker 1: feel like they're at least in a decent position for
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: him right now. Doesn't mean that he's a guarantee, but
• 7:10
  Speaker 1: he is someone that I think that Ohio State is
• 7:12
  Speaker 1: sort of structuring their depth chart around a little bit
• 7:15
  Speaker 1: where by the time he shows up in twenty twenty seven,
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: is a true freshman bo Jackson, Isaiah West they would
• 7:20
  Speaker 1: be third year guys and potentially off to the NFL
• 7:23
  Speaker 1: after that. So that's someone that Ohio State is probably keeping,
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: you know, sort of keeping in mind as they sort
• 7:29
  Speaker 1: of sort out their running.
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: Back depth chart for the next year or two. So
• 7:33
  Speaker 2: there you go.
• 7:34
  Speaker 1: That's the update on James Peoples. He will, undoubtedly, I think,
• 7:38
  Speaker 1: said some of the Ohio State fans can feel good
• 7:40
  Speaker 1: about rooting for wherever he ends up after leaving Columbus.
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: Gonna be someone who I would guess will be find
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: some success wherever that may be. And then so we'll
• 7:50
  Speaker 1: keep an eye where he ends up. We'll keep an
• 7:52
  Speaker 1: eye on where all the buck guys who are in.
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: The portal right now aren't going to end up.
• 7:55
  Speaker 1: But we're also keeping an eye on some big names
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: that are entering the portal from other schools, Names that
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: Ohio State fans are going to want to keep an
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: eye on. We're going to do start doing shows on
• 8:04
  Speaker 1: those guys as well. In addition to the portal departures,
• 8:07
  Speaker 1: going to take some and look at some of the
• 8:08
  Speaker 1: top portal targets. Safe he Quoi Peris from Minnesota. He
• 8:11
  Speaker 1: entered the portal defensive Endchas Coleman. Plenty of guys that
• 8:15
  Speaker 1: we've been kind of keeping an eye on over the
• 8:17
  Speaker 1: course of the last few weeks and last few months
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: as potential portal targets for Ohio State. Several of them
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: have entered the portal could be key additions to Ohio
• 8:27
  Speaker 1: States twenty.
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: Six football team. So there you go.
• 8:32
  Speaker 1: That is your update right now on James People's Tony
• 8:35
  Speaker 1: and I will be back a little later out of
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: the day to do to bring you some more updates
• 8:39
  Speaker 1: as more names continue to enter the portal and as
• 8:41
  Speaker 1: well as some of those portal targets. Thank you guys
• 8:44
  Speaker 1: all for joining us, have a great day.
• 8:45
  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you tomorrow.