Buckeye Leaves: Arvell Reese, Julian Sayin, Carnell Tate Earn Buckeye Leaves In 34-0 Win Over Wisconsin

Ohio State took care of business in its 34-0 win over Wisconsin on Saturday. The No. 1 Buckeyes earned their second shutout of a Big Ten team in the last two seasons and improved to 7-0 (4-0 Big Ten).

Here are three players the BSB staff is giving Buckeye Leaves:

Sam Cipriani: I’m giving my Buckeye Leaf to wide receiver Carnell Tate for his eye-popping offensive performance in Ohio State’s win over Wisconsin Saturday.

Tate finished his day with six catches for 11 yards and two touchdowns. In the first quarter alone, quarterback Julian Sayin found the junior four times for 84 yards and two scores.

Tate’s two touchdown receptions of 33 and 10 yards allowed Ohio State to jump out to an early 17-point lead over the Badgers. The Chicago native caught six of his seven targets in the afternoon.

Bobby Gorbett: My Buckeye Leaf is going to sophomore linebacker Arvell Reese. As he’s done all season, Reese flew around the field and routinely made plays for Ohio State’s defense in the Buckeyes’ win over Wisconsin. He finished the game with four total tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss.

Reese helped lead Ohio State to its second shutout of the season and helped limit the Badgers to just 65 total yards.

Reese made his presence felt early in the game, as all four of his tackles came in the first half. Reese’s sack came early in the second quarter on a first-down play when the Buckeyes’ lead was 17-0. He was spying Wisconsin quarterback Hunter Simmons on the play and waited until he had a free lane to surge toward the Badgers’ signal caller and bring him down seven yards behind the line of scrimmage.

Greg Wilson: Redshirt freshman quarterback Julian Sayin has earned a lot of praise this season for having “poise in the noise.” While there wasn’t much noise in Camp Randall Stadium for this game, Sayin was still certainly poised.

He led the country in completion percentage after six games, and improved on that number with the most pass attempts he has thrown in a single game in his young career.

He finished the contest 36-of-42 passing for 394 yards and four touchdowns, also showing that he is able to tuck and run when necessary, keeping the ball for 8 yards on an option in the third quarter.