Tegra Tshabola Listed As Doubtful For Cotton Bowl, All Other Starters Available

Ohio State seems to be mostly healthy going into its Cotton Bowl matchup on Dec. 31, with only right guard Tegra Tshabola listed as doubtful against Miami.

In the Buckeyes’ first game of the College Football Playoff, Tshabola will likely be out, as head coach Ryan Day has already said in the lead-up to the game.

Day noted on Dec. 22 that Gabe VanSickle and Josh Padilla would rotate in at right guard during practices, which could be how the Buckeyes approach the spot against the Hurricanes if both are healthy.

Van Sickle filled in during the second half of the Big Ten championship, with OSU going on two extended drives against the Hoosiers when he was in the game, though neither ended in points. Padilla was rotating with Tshabola earlier in the season before he was injured in the win over Penn State on Nov. 1 and he has not played since.

Here’s a look at the full availability report:

Probable

• WR De’zie Jones
• RB Anthony Rogers
• SAF Deshawn Stewart
• SAF Cody Haddad
• DL Will Smith Jr.
• OL Devontae Armstrong

Doubtful

• DL Ahmed Tounkara
• OL Tegra Tshabola

Out

• SAF Malik Hartford
• WR Quincy Porter
• QB Mason Maggs
• DL Logan George