Jersey #: 92 (2003), 99 (2002)

Major: Management & Industry (2003)

Weight: 285 (2003), 250 (2002)

2003 Media Guide: Tim Schafer is in his second season with the Buckeyes … hopes to get his first taste of playing time this year after being redshirted in 2002 … played defensive end in high school, but was moved to tackle last fall and appears to have found a home … has added weight since enrolling and has significantly increased his strength … coming off a good spring … playing at a position that is loaded so he may need to wait his turn in terms of playing time this year, but is a good player … had two tackle-for-loss and a sack in the spring game.

High School: A first-team Division I Associated Press All-Ohio selection in 2001 … regarded as one of the Midwest’s top defensive ends … committed early to OSU so he could concentrate on the 2001 season … he and current OSU defensive end Simon Fraser led their high school to the big school state title and an unblemished 15-0 record in 2000 … over 50 tackles each of the past two years … also had 10 sacks as a junior … did double duty as a senior, seeing action at offensive tackle …Rivals.com rate him as the nation’s 12th best defensive end …SuperPrep has him as the 16th best defensive lineman nationally … high school coach – Darrell Mayne.

Personal: Is the son of Richard and Charlotte Schafer … born July 10, 1983.