“Do something. And underline that. Do something.”
Those were the words of Urban Meyer back in May when discussing the status of Dylan Thompson with his Ohio State football program. Fastforward two months, and Thompson did indeed do something, albeit it’s a something that’s not even remotely positive.
At the Big Ten Media Days Tuesday, the OSU head coach announced that Thompson is academically ineligible for the fall semester. That means the defensive lineman likely won’t play at all in 2016, and it could mean it’s the end of the road for the player in Columbus.Urban Meyer said that defensive lineman Dylan Thompson will be academically ineligible for the 2016 season.
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Thompson came to the Buckeyes as a three-star 2014 signee, rated as the No. 21 strongside defensive end in the country and the No. 18 player at any position in the state of Illinois. An injured knee cost him his entire freshman campaign, while he didn’t play at all during his redshirt freshman season in 2015.
There was some positive news coming out of Thompson’s plight, however. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Though bad news for Thompson, it frees up another scholarship and has allowed Ohio State to gift scholarships to former walk-ons Craig Fada and Joe Burger, both of which Meyer said will graduate in December and see the field this fall.
