Ryan Rudzinski is the Buckeyes’ 6-4, high-character developmental safety with special-teams value
Rudzinski, a 2026 redshirt junior for Ohio State, is a local legacy walk-on who brings rare size for a safety at 6-4, 214 and has earned consistent academic honors while carving out special-teams snaps. In the 2025 season, he appeared in 12 games and logged 64 special-teams snaps, showing the kind of reliability coaches love even before a bigger defensive role arrives. His differentiators are versatility, toughness, and football bloodlines—he was a two-way high-school standout with 89 tackles and 10 interceptions, plus offensive playmaking and return ability. He looks like a fit for teams that value length, intelligence, and blue-collar depth.
