Zach Harrison and Josh Proctor are among the Ohio State football players with new numbers

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Zach Harrison will change his number from No. 33 to No. 9 for the 2020 season.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State football released its updated roster Tuesday with spring football around the corner and 12 returning players have changed their numbers for the 2020 season.

While Sevyn Banks, Teradja Mitchell and Chris Olave had previously announced their changes, nine others have done so as well. The most notables of the group are Zach Harrison and Josh Proctor.

Harrison wore No. 33 as a freshman recording 24 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks in the process. He will wear No. 9. Proctor will return to No. 15, which he wore as a freshman in 2018. Last season he wore No. 41 and recorded 13 tackles, three pass breakups and one interception as the backup safety. Both are expected to compete for starting jobs this season.

Here is the full list of players who are changing their numbers for the 2020 season:

Player, PositionOld NumberNew Number
Chris Olave, Wide ReceiverNo. 17No. 2
Teradja Mitchell, LinebackerNo. 7No. 3
Demario McCall, Running BackNo. 30No. 3
Sevyn Banks, CornerbackNo. 12No. 7
Zach Harrison, Defensive EndNo, 33No. 9
Danny Vanatsky, QuarterbackNo. 10No. 17
Jagger LaRoe, QuarterbackNo. 16No. 19
Marcus Hooker, SafetyNo. 23 and 24No. 23
Trayvon Wilburn, LinebackerNo. 55No. 51
Jerron Cage, Defensive TackleNo. 98No. 55
Chris Kuhn, Offensive LineNo. 69No. 62
Harry Miller, Offensive LiineNo. 77No. 72

Other notable numbers to point out include every returning member of the offensive line being listed as over 300 pounds. Wyatt Davis and Gavin Cupp are the only two to not have weight changes.

Among those that did are Ryan Jacoby (295 to 305), Dawand Jones (360 to 359), Matt Jones (305 to 310), Harry Miller (305 to 315), Thayer Munford (310 to 315), Josh Myers (310 to 312), Nicholas Petit-Frere (295 to 305), Enokk Vimahi (263 to 305) and Max Wray (300 to 308).


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