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Honors and Awards
- 2025: Academic All-Big Ten Conference, OSU Scholar-Athlete
- 2024: OSU Scholar-Athlete
Appeared in 13 games as a redshirt sophomore including making his first career start against Miami, totaling 175 snaps on the offensive line and on special teams.
- TEXAS (8/30): Tallied two snaps.
- GRAMBLING (9/6): Finished the game with 20 snaps.
- OHIO (9/13): Had seven snaps.
- at WASHINGTON (9/27): Totaled four snaps.
- MINNESOTA (10/4): Posted 26 snaps.
- at ILLINOIS (10/11): Recorded 20 plays.
- at WISCONSIN (10/18): Tallied 33 snaps.
- PENN STATE (11/1): Racked up 10 plays.
- UCLA (11/15): Saw action.
- RUTGERS (11/22): Played in the game.
- at MICHIGAN (11/29): Posted five snaps.
- vs. INDIANA (12/6): Competed on three snaps.
- vs. MIAMI (12/31): Earned his first career start, totaling a career-high 45 snaps.
Appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman, totaling 97 snaps on the offensive line and on special teams including 39 on offense with 21 total snaps vs. Purdue and 16 in the CFP first-round win over Tennessee.
- AKRON (8/31): Made his collegiate debut, playing on one snap.
- WESTERN MICHIGAN (9/7): Tallied 10 plays.
- IOWA (10/5): Recorded three plays.
- at OREGON (10/12): Saw action on three snaps.
- NEBRASKA (10/26): Posted four snaps.
- at PENN STATE (11/2): Tallied four snaps.
- PURDUE (11/9): Had a season-high 21 snaps.
- at NORTHWESTERN (11/16): Notched eight plays.
- INDIANA (11/23): Posted six plays.
- MICHIGAN (11/30): Recorded four snaps.
- vs. TENNESSEE (12/21): Tallied 16 plays.
- vs. OREGON (1/1): Ended the game with seven snaps.
- vs. NOTRE DAME (1/20): Recorded six snaps.
Did not appear in a game
Majoring in
- Sport Industry
- Josh was a part of the 2023 Ohio State recruiting class
- He enrolled in classes at Ohio State in January of 2023 and went through spring drills
- He was the second-highest rated offensive lineman in the state of Ohio as a senior in 2022
- The No. 6-rated player in the state regardless of position
- A consensus four-star player and one of the country’s top-10 interior line prospects
- Was the second member of the 2023 recruiting class to give his verbal commitment
- First-team All-Southwest District for Division I as a senior
- Two-time Ohio Prep Sportswriter Association Division I All-Ohio
- Helped power the Wayne offense to an average of 36.8 points per game in its six wins last season
- 2022 state runner-up in heavyweight wrestling
- Parents are Lora and Mike Padilla
