‘Tis the season of transfer portal news for the Ohio State football team. the portal news has been trickling out throughout the run to the College Football Playoff national championship, but players have five days from the end of that run to have their name sucked into the portal.
The latest to place his name in the portal is defensive tackle Hero Kanu.
Out of Santa Margarita, California, after being more or less raised in Germany, Kanu was a part of the 2022 recruiting class as a four-star prospect. He never really broke into a significant rotation, with his most playing time occurring last season with just 123 snaps. He finished the year with 14 tackles and one sack.
Kanu is a redshirt junior, so he’ll still have two seasons of eligibility to exhaust as he finds a new home. We will of course be on top of whatever destination he chooses and wish him nothing but the best.
Ohio State defensive lineman Hero Kanu has entered the transfer portal, @chris_hummer and I have learned for @cbssports/@247Sports.
Was a Class of 2022 top-120 overall recruit. Posted 14 tackles the last two years.https://t.co/10Sz3YxlzO pic.twitter.com/Z7vFyusYcC
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 25, 2025
Ohio State may have won a national title, but now the hard work begins on a bit of an aggressive timeline with trying to figure out the coaching staff and roster for next season. There is, in fact, no offseason.
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