Ohio State’s quintessential walk-on grinder with leadership cred
Clay Raterman is best known as a former Ohio State safety and walk-on whose value came less from box-score volume than from elite-program toughness, academic excellence, and locker-room credibility. In the 2017 season, he appeared in 1 game for the Buckeyes, and reporting on his Ohio State tenure consistently frames him as a high-character, high-discipline player who embraced the grind at a blue-blood program. If your team wants a safety with proven buy-in, professionalism, and no-nonsense leadership, Raterman is the kind of guy who sets the tone.
