WATCH: Ohio State football shares highlights of first fall camp practice
The seal has officially been broken on the start of fall camp for the 2025-2026 edition of the Ohio State football team. The Buckeyes are the defending College Football Playoff national champions and will begin to put the building blocks in place to try and make another run.
To do it, the tone has to be set on the onset of fall camp, and by all indications, that's exactly what happened inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Ohio State football creative team is one of the best in the business and is always on the job when it comes to its social media game, and it wasted no time sharing some highlights of the first day of camp.
If you haven't seen any footage of the first day of fall camp, check out some of the moments and excitement of the day thanks to what was shared by the Ohio State Football "X" account below.
We'll continue to keep an eye on what's going on in fall camp as Ohio State speeds ahead towards the start of the 2025 season and the massive opener against the Texas Longhorns on August 30.
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