
Jimmy Jent brings Buckeye blood, but his Ohio State impact was brief
In the 2016-17 season, Jimmy Jent appeared in four games for Ohio State, scoring 3 points and grabbing 4 rebounds while logging limited minutes; his profile is less about box-score volume and more about pedigree, as the son of Buckeye great Chris Jent and a former walk-on who valued academics enough to step away from the team in 2017. He’s the kind of player coaches appreciate for toughness, background, and buy-in, but there isn’t enough current on-court production to project him as a major rotation fit.