Harrison Jr., Stover & Tuimoloau to Represent Ohio State at Big Ten Media Days
7/12/2023 3:16:00 PM | Football
Harrison Jr., Tuimoloau and Stover will be joined in Indianapolis by head coach Ryan Day. Each session will feature seven of the Big Ten teams speaking to the media. On July 26, the head coach and players from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers will be present. On July 27, representatives from Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue and Wisconsin will take to the microphone. BTN will have full coverage of Big Ten Media Days, including each head coaches full press conference.
Harrison Jr., the nation's top returning wide receiver, was a unanimous All-American in 2022 – Ohio State's first unanimous All-American receiver – and the Big Ten's Richter-Howard Wide Receiver of the Year. He caught 77 passes for 1,263 yards and 14 touchdowns, good for fourth place on Ohio State's single-season list in each category.
Tuimoloau enters the 2023 season one of the top defensive ends in all of college football and he will be a candidate for major national honors this fall. He started all 13 games last season as a sophomore and was named first-team all-Big Ten Conference after a 28-tackle season that included 10.5 TFLs totalling 39 yards and 3.5 sacks. He had one of the most dominant games ever by a defensive linemen when he totaled six tackles, three TFLs, two sacks, one pass breakup, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a 44-31 win at Penn State.
Stover, a fifth-year senior and team captain in 2022, is coming off a season in which he started all 13 games and caught 36 passes for 406 yards and five touchdowns. Stover's receptions and yardage totals last year were the most by a Buckeye tight end in 28 years, or since Rickey Dudley had 37 and 575, respectively, in 1995. It was his first season as a permanent tight end, having started his career on the defensive side of the ball as a defensive end and linebacker.
