1998 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 11-1
Conference Record: 7-1
Home Record: 5-1
Road Record: 5-0 (1-0 neutral site)
Final AP Ranking: 2nd
1998 Roster: 96 players (61 from Ohio: 64% of total)
1999 NFL Draft Selections: 8

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1998 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Birthday	Hometown	High School	Notes
1	Gary Berry	DB, FS	6'0"	205	Jr	10/24/1977	Columbus, OH	DeSales	-
2	Rolland Steele	CB, DB	5'11"	160	rSo	8/18/1977	Dublin, OH	Scioto	-
2	Major Zeigler	SE	6'1"	175	rFr	-	Trotwood, OH	Trotwood-Madison	-
3	David Mitchell	CB, DB	6'1"	195	So	10/18/1979	Westerville, OH	South	-
4	Ken-Yon Rambo	WR	6'2"	190	So	10/04/1978	Cerritos, CA	Long Beach Poly	-
5	Michael Wiley	TB	6'0"	195	Jr	1/15/1978	Spring Valley, CA	Monte Vista	B1G 1st TM
6	Jimmy Redmond	WR	6'0"	165	rJr	8/18/1977	Lee's Summit, MO	Blue Springs South	-
7	Joe Germaine	QB	6'2"	205	rSr	11/16/1975	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View	B1G 1st TM
7	Derek Ross	CB, ST	6'1"	190	Fr	1/5/1980	Rock Hill, SC	Northwestern	-
8	Steve Bellisari	DB, QB, ST	6'3"	220	Fr	4/21/1980	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton Community	-
9	David Boston	WR	6'3"	215	Jr	8/19/1978	Humble, TX	Humble	AA \| B1G 1st TM
10	Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	225	So	1/22/1979	Columbus, OH	Independence	-
11	Antoine Winfield	CB, ST	5'9"	180	Sr	6/24/1977	Akron, OH	Garfield	Jim Thorpe \| AA \| B1G 1st TM
12	Austin Moherman	QB	6'5"	215	rFr	12/02/1977	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Valley	-
13	Damon Moore	FS, S	5'11"	200	rSr	9/15/1976	Fostoria, OH	Fostoria	AA \| B1G 1st TM
13	Chad Cacchio	WR	5'10"	190	rSo	8/10/1978	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington	-
14	David Priestley	QB	6'4"	200	rFr	7/11/1979	Los Alamitos, CA	Brethren Christian	-
15	Dee Miller	FL, WR	6'1"	200	rSr	12/4/1975	Springfield, OH	South	B1G 2nd TM
16	Mark Garcia	QB	6'4"	215	rSr	5/7/1976	Modesto, CA	Grace Davis	-
17	Percy King	DB, FS	6'4"	210	rJr	1/31/1977	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin	-
17	Andy Stamp	K	6'1"	200	Sr	1/6/1977	West Chester, OH	Lakota	-
18	Tony Locke	FL, ST	5'10"	185	rSo	5/19/1978	Urbana, OH	Urbana	-
19	Ahmed Plummer	CB	6'0"	193	rJr	3/26/1976	Wyoming, OH	Wyoming	B1G 2nd TM
20	Central McClellion	CB, ST, SS	5'11"	190	rSr	9/15/1975	Delray, FL	Boca Raton Olympia	-
20	Nate Clements	CB, ST	6'0"	190	Fr	12/12/1979	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights	-
21	Charlie Sanders	FB, TB	5'9"	215	rJr	9/22/1976	Rochester Hills, MI	Adams	-
23	Matt Keller	FB	6'0"	238	rJr	12/2/1976	Mason, OH	Moeller	-
24	Scott Fulton	FB	6'0"	225	rFr	2/05/1979	Hyattsville, MD	DeMatha	-
25	Jermon Jackson	TB	5'11"	205	Sr	9/20/1975	Ironton, OH	Ironton	-
25	Donnie Nickey	FS, SS	6'3"	205	Fr	4/25/1980	Plain City, OH	Jonathan Alder	-
26	Ashanti Webb	CB	5'11"	180	Sr	12/13/1978	Tampa, FL	Leon King	-
27	Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	6'2"	235	rSo	8/27/1977	Boca Raton, FL	Pope John Paul II	-
28	Leandre Liggins	CB	6'2"	183	Jr	3/20/1970	Cleveland, OH	John Marshall	-
28	Jonathan Wells	TB	6'2"	230	Fr	7/21/1979	River Ridge, LA	John Curtis	-
29	Willie Grant	DB	6'2"	180	Fr	11/27/1979	New Philadelphia, OH	New Philadelphia	-
30	Jason Ott	MLB	6'4"	240	rFr	1/23/1979	Cincinnati, OH	Elder	-
32	Na’il Diggs	OLB	6'4"	235	rSo	7/8/1978	Los Angeles, CA	Dorsey	B1G 1st TM
33	Joe Montgomery	TB	5'11"	216	rSr	6/8/1976	Robbins, IL	Oak Lawn Richards	-
34	Greg Simpson	DB, FS	6'1"	205	rFr	12/31/1978	Worthington, OH	Dublin Scioto	-
35	Jerry Rudzinski	ILB, OLB	6'1"	220	rSr	7/16/1975	Centerville, OH	Kettering Alter	-
36	Sean Penny	FB, TB	6'2"	215	So	11/13/1978	Youngstown, OH	Ursuline	-
36	J.R. Niklos	FS	6'3"	198	rFr	6/19/1979	Worthington, OH	Thomas Worthington	-
39	Jamar Martin	FB	6'1"	255	Fr	4/12/1980	Canton, OH	McKinley	-
41	Brent Bartholomew	P	6'2"	210	Sr	10/22/1976	Apopka, FL	Apopka	B1G 2nd TM
42	Kevin Griffin	CB, SE, ST, TB	5'10"	183	rSr	2/8/1976	Redmond, WA	Kirkland Juanita	-
43	Derek Combs	TB	6'2"	197	So	2/28/1979	Grove City, OH	Grove City	-
44	Chris Kirk	ILB	6'3"	235	rJr	11/9/1976	Westerville, OH	South	-
45	Andy Katzenmoyer	ILB	6'4"	255	Jr	12/2/1977	Westerville, OH	Westerville South	AA \| B1G 2nd TM
47	Dan Stultz	K, P	6'0"	205	rSo	6/16/1978	Orrville, OH	Orrville	-
48	Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	6'3"	270	rJr	10/4/1976	Maumee, OH	Maumee	-
49	Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	6'4"	250	rFr	11/08/1978	Cleveland, OH	Benedictine	-
50	Nick Mitchell	ILB	6'1"	240	So	1/25/1980	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson	-
52	James Cotton	DE	6'4"	245	Jr	11/7/1976	Cleveland, OH	San Francisco C.C.	-
53	Edmund Brown	OLB	6'2"	215	Fr	8/26/1979	Sunbury, MA	Lincoln Sunbury	-
55	Tam Hopkins	OG, OT	6'5"	305	So	3/22/1978	Winter Park, FL	Lake Howell	-
56	Rob Murphy	OG	6'5"	300	rJr	1/18/1977	Cincinnati, OH	Moeller	B1G 1st TM
57	Julius Yeast	DE, DT	6'5"	280	Fr	6/4/1979	Harrodsburg, KY	Harrodsburg	-
58	Courtland Bullard	OLB	6'3"	227	So	9/02/1978	Miami, FL	Southridge	-
59	Paris Long	DT, OG	6'5"	320	rFr	8/27/1978	Columbus, OH	Beechcroft	-
60	Brent Johnson	DE	6'4"	265	rSo	12/7/1976	Kingston, Ontario	Holy Cross	-
61	Kevin Loadman	LS, OG	6'1"	245	Sr	10/13/1976	Worthington, OH	Bishop Watterson	-
61	Darrel Kelso	ILB	6'1"	243	rSo	-	Columbus, OH	Linden McKinely	-
62	Lonnie Woodard	DT	6'2"	280	rFr	2/15/1979	Dayton,, OH	Dayton Dunbar	-
63	Kurt Murphy	C	6'4"	290	Jr	4/27/1978	Columbus, OH	DeSales	-
64	Ben Gilbert	OG	6'5"	295	Jr	6/5/1978	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster	B1G 2nd TM
65	Mike Gurr	OG, TE	6'7"	290	Jr	8/1/1977	Hamilton, OH	Hamilton	-
66	Mike Jacobs	C, LS, OG	6'2"	285	rFr	5/9/1979	Maumee, OH	Maumee	-
67	Brooks Burris	OG, OT	6'7"	286	rSr	10/31/1975	Logan, OH	Logan	-
68	LeCharles Bentley	C, OG, OT	6'3"	290	Fr	7/11/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Ignatius	-
69	Jim Massey	OT	6'5"	290	rFr	9/01/1979	Brecksville, OH	St. Ignatius	-
70	Scott Kuhnhein	OT	6'6"	285	Fr	8/11/1979	Fort Thomas, KY	Highlands	-
71	Ben Pulfer	DT, OT	6'6"	270	rFr	11/03/1978	Sidney, OH	Sidney	-
71	John Bates	OG, OT	6'4"	279	rSo	9/12/1978	Cherry Hill, NJ	East	-
72	Marcus Perez	DE	6'3"	250	rSo	12/8/1977	Medina, OH	Medina	-
73	Joe Brown	DE, DT	6'7"	285	rSo	3/5/1977	Tucson, AZ	Catalina Foothills	-
74	Eric Smith	OT	6'6"	330	rSo	11/13/1976	Columbus, OH	Walnut Ridge	-
75	Henry Fleming	OT	6'7"	305	So	7/25/1978	Manning, SC	Manning	-
77	Tyson Walter	OT	6'5"	300	rSo	3/17/1978	Chagrin Falls, OH	Kenston	-
78	Drew Elford	C, OG, OT	6'5"	300	rJr	4/2/1977	Garfield, NJ	St. Mary's	-
79	Ryan Pickett	DT	6'3"	290	Fr	10/8/1979	Zephyrhills, FL	Zephyrhills	-
80	Reggie Germany	WR	6'1"	195	-	3/19/1978	Hazelwood, MO	East	-
81	Darik Warnke	DB, ST, WR	6'1"	196	-	9/12/1977	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Walsh Jesuit	-
83	Vanness Provitt	WR	6'3"	200	-	1/20/1977	Warren, OH	Warren G. Harding	-
84	Steve Wisniewski	TE	6'6"	265	-	7/16/1977	Timberlake, OH	Eastlake North	-
85	John Lumpkin	TE	6'8"	260	-	12/31/1975	Dayton, OH	Trotwood-Madison	-
86	Marvin Payne	FB, ST, TE	6'3"	250	-	3/7/1977	Columbus, OH	St. Charles	-
87	Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	6'4"	250	-	8/23/1977	Westlake, OH	Westlake	-
89	Darnell Sanders	TE	6'6"	265	-	3/16/1979	Warrensville Heights, OH	Warrensville Heights	-
90	Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'4"	275	-	5/17/1977	Brampton, Ontario	Centennial	-
91	Jeff Wilson	DE	6'3"	255	-	1/14/1975	Deerfield Beach, FL	Deerfield Beach	-
93	Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	6'2"	285	-	12/24/1975	Pottsvile, PA	Pottsville Area	-
94	Rodney Bailey	DE	6'5"	260	-	10/07/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Edward	-
96	Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	6'7"	265	-	10/28/1976	Tiffin, OH	Columbian	-
97	Kenny Peterson	DE, DT	6'4"	265	-	11/21/1978	Canton, OH	McKinley	-
98	Mike Collins	DT	6'4"	290	-	1/19/1978	Newark, OH	Newark	-
99	Heath Queen	DT	6'5"	275	-	2/06/1979	Medina, OH	Lodi-Cloverleaf	-

Prior Year: 1997 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 1999 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: John Cooper
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Jacobs
Defensive Coordinator: Fred Pagac
Tight Ends: Bill Conley
Defensive Tackles & Nose Guards: Jim Heacock
Quarterbacks: Tim Salem
Defensive Ends: Shawn Simms
Running Backs: Tim Spencer
Wide Receivers: Chuck Stobart
Defensive Backs: Jon Tenuta

1998 Ohio State Football Statistics

1998 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Joe Germaine	230	384	59.9	3330	25	7
Mark Garcia	12	26	46.2	189	1	0
Steve Bellisari	3	5	60.0	24	0	0
Michael Wiley	2	2	100.0	33	0	0
Austin Moherman	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Jonathan Wells	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

1998 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD
Michael Wiley	198	1235	6.2	10
Joe Montgomery	118	766	6.5	7
Joe Germaine	62	-83	-1.3	0
Jonathan Wells	41	197	4.8	2
Matt Keller	36	143	4.0	1
Derek Combs	31	88	2.8	1
Jamar Martin	12	34	2.8	1
Mark Garcia	6	-13	-2.2	0
Dee Miller	3	17	5.7	0
David Boston	2	1	0.5	0
Jermon Jackson	2	8	4.0	0
Charlie Sanders	1	3	3.0	0
Jerry Westbrooks	1	3	3.0	0
Brent Bartholomew	1	-4	-4.0	0

1998 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
David Boston	85	1435	16.9	13
Dee Miller	59	915	15.5	3
Michael Wiley	27	200	7.4	1
John Lumpkin	17	278	16.4	4
Matt Keller	16	200	12.5	1
Reggie Germany	14	229	16.4	4
Ken-Yon Rambo	5	77	15.4	0
Jamar Martin	5	68	13.6	0
Darik Warnke	5	47	9.4	0
Steve Wisniewski	3	43	14.3	0
Jimmy Redmond	2	25	12.5	0
Joe Montgomery	2	0	0.0	0
Kevin Griffin	2	19	9.5	0
Chad Cacchio	1	11	11.0	0
Jerry Westbrooks	1	7	7.0	0
Jonathan Wells	1	11	11.0	0
Derek Combs	1	1	1.0	0
Kevin Houser	1	10	10.0	0

1998 Ohio State Defensive Statistics

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Damon Moore	FS, S	81	62	19	7	21	2	3	0	0	2	73	4	0	1
Na’il Diggs	OLB	80	59	21	16	73	6	44	1	1	1	18	2	0	1
Antoine Winfield	CB, ST	75	61	14	5	34	2	17	1	1	0	0	15	0	0
Andy Katzenmoyer	ILB	74	60	14	14	59	4	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gary Berry	DB, FS	55	44	11	4	13	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Ahmed Plummer	CB	52	47	5	4	14	0	0	0	1	4	2	17	0	0
Jerry Rudzinski	ILB, OLB	50	30	20	10	46	4	27	0	2	1	0	2	0	1
Brent Johnson	DE	40	25	15	8	43	7	35	0	0	1	11	2	0	0
Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	24	15	9	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Collins	DT	23	15	8	6	16	3	11	0	0	1	22	0	0	1
Steve Bellisari	DB, QB, ST	22	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	0	1	0
Ryan Pickett	DT	22	17	5	5	19	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Brown	DE, DT	21	12	9	6	23	2	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	20	10	10	2	11	1	9	0	0	1	17	0	0	0
Nate Clements	CB, ST	19	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0
Central McClellion	CB, ST, SS	18	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60	0	0	1
Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	18	8	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
James Cotton	DE	16	11	5	3	11	1	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Rodney Bailey	DE	16	12	4	11	46	6	37	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Percy King	DB, FS	14	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0
Derek Ross	CB, ST	13	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	13	8	5	3.5	11	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Mitchell	CB, DB	12	8	4	1	10	1	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Kevin Griffin	CB, SE, ST, TB	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	8	6	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Ott	MLB	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Simpson	DB, FS	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heath Queen	DT	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jeff Wilson	DE	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darik Warnke	DB, ST, WR	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Wiley	TB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Bartholomew	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Garcia	QB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Keller	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Wells	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Mitchell	ILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edmund Brown	OLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Courtland Bullard	OLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Perez	DE	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyson Walter	OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Germany	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Brent Bartholomew	58	2335	40.3	2	17	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Dan Stultz	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	53	54	98.1	13	25	52.0

1998 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg	PR TD
Ken-Yon Rambo	12	237	19.8	19	128	6.7	0
Michael Wiley	6	143	23.8	0	0	0.0	0
Matt Keller	2	16	8.0	0	0	0.0	0
Steve Bellisari	1	22	22.0	0	0	0.0	0
Reggie Germany	1	14	14.0	0	0	0.0	0
Gary Berry	0	0	0.0	15	65	4.3	0
David Mitchell	0	0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0
Derek Ross	0	0	0.0	2	39	19.5	0
David Boston	0	0	0.0	19	270	14.2	1
Joe Cooper	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Percy King	0	0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0
Nate Clements	0	0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0
Jonathan Wells	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Kevin Griffin	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

1998 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
1998-09-05 02:29:23September 5, 1998	Ohio State @ West Virginia - Sept. 5, 1998	34 - 17	Milan Puskar Stadium	68,409	OSU -10.5	46
1998-09-12 22:58:01September 12, 1998	Toledo @ Ohio State - Sept. 12, 1998	0 - 49	Ohio Stadium	93,149	OSU -36.5	-
1998-09-19 23:31:43September 19, 1998	Missouri @ Ohio State - Sept. 19, 1998	14 - 35	Ohio Stadium	93,269	OSU -25	-
1998-10-03 00:43:52October 3, 1998	Penn State @ Ohio State - Oct. 3, 1998	9 - 28	Ohio Stadium	93,479	OSU -14	47
1998-10-10 02:15:46October 10, 1998	Ohio State @ Illinois - Oct. 10, 1998	41 - 0	University of Illinois Memorial Stadium	46,390	OSU -36	-
1998-10-17 01:43:51October 17, 1998	Minnesota @ Ohio State - Oct. 17, 1998	15 - 45	Ohio Stadium	93,183	OSU -38	-
1998-10-24 02:46:18October 24, 1998	Ohio State @ Northwestern - Oct. 24, 1998	36 - 10	Dyche Stadium	47,130	OSU -27.5	-
1998-10-31 01:23:48October 31, 1998	Ohio State @ Indiana - Oct. 31, 1998	38 - 7	Memorial Stadium	52,049	OSU -24	-
1998-11-07 02:11:01November 7, 1998	Michigan State @ Ohio State - Nov. 7, 1998	28 - 24	Ohio Stadium	93,595	OSU -28	-
1998-11-14 02:47:11November 14, 1998	Ohio State @ Iowa - Nov. 14, 1998	45 - 14	Kinnick Stadium	69,473	OSU -25	-
1998-11-21 03:26:15November 21, 1998	Michigan @ Ohio State - Nov. 21, 1998	16 - 31	Ohio Stadium	94,339	OSU -10	38
1999-01-01 02:11:59January 1, 1999	Texas A&M vs. Ohio State - Sugar Bowl - Jan. 1, 1999	14 - 24	Superdome	76,503	OSU -12.5	47

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