Ohio State Tight End Jake Stoneburner And Offensive Lineman Jack Mewhort Suspended

Not a good look

More bad news for Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort, as it was announced yesterday that both are suspended from the football team indefinitely. 

While this doesn't tell us how long they could be gone, the task at hand for these guys is to get back into good graces with Urban Meyer. 

Coming into this season, both Mewhort and Stoneburner are looked up to by many as a part of the leadership role in the senior class. What they did wasn't completely terrible, but there do have to be consequences. If it's a game or a couple of weeks away from the team, they're going to have to learn from this moment and be able to look past it and move on.

Here's the rest from the Dispatch:

"The attorney for Ohio State football players Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort told The Dispatch last night that coach Urban Meyer has suspended his clients pending the outcome of their legal problems.

Stoneburner and Mewhort were charged by Shawnee Hills police with obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor.

The two, along with Austin Barnard, who is not a football player, allegedly were caught urinating between buildings near the Bogey Inn about 1:30 a.m. Saturday while walking back to Stoneburner’s family home at Muirfield Village, site of the Memorial Tournament.

All three allegedly ran when first confronted by a police officer shining a flashlight in their direction, but Stoneburner and Mewhort reportedly stopped soon afterward.

He said the two players are “not upset. They’re just kind of trying to remain low-key and focused. Both are 100 percent focused to get this behind them.”

Stoneburner is a senior tight end from Dublin and Mewhort a junior offensive lineman from Toledo."

'12 WR Recruit Roger Lewis Not Expected To Be A Buckeye

Pickerington Central's Roger Lewis

According to the Dispatch, 2012 Buckeye commit Roger Lewis might not be a Buckeye based off of what his high school coach has told the media. According to the coach, Lewis is not expected to sign his national letter of intent to Ohio State on Signing Day, due to not having the requisite pre-enrollment test scores and that he now is exploring other options.

Lewis's coach also stated, Lewis visited Ohio University this weekend, and said he also is considering Marshall and Bowling Green.

That leaves the OSU 2012 class, the first by new coach Urban Meyer, at 22 members, including the six players who enrolled at the start of the winter quarter.

Roger Lewis is a 3-star wide receiver commit, and with the recent struggles at wide receiver, the coaching staff made a priority of trying to get some athletes that can play the receiver position. While losing Lewis is not a huge deal, it does put a bit more pressure on Meyer to land either Davonte Neal or Stefon Diggs.

It sounds like Lewis doesn't have the test scores, and there's no chance anything can change. Especially coming from the coaches mouth, it looks like Lewis's time as a Buckeye commit will end short.

Michael Brewster To Return For Senior Season

Brewster comes back to anchor the line in '11.

Michael Brewster has announced that he will be forgoing the 2011 NFL draft to stay for his senior year.

"Leadership for the 2011 Buckeyes is in a state of flux at the moment, with five junior stalwarts -- quarterback Terrelle Pryor, running back Dan Herron, receiver DeVier Posey, left tackle Mike Adams and defensive end Solomon Thomas -- facing a five-game suspension to start the season, though OSU is in the process of appealing those suspensions."

Leadership is a big key to winning at Miami and against Michigan State. Brewster will help defend whoever starts those games at quarterback.

A first team All-American this year, he was also selected as the #1 (out of 74) possible centers who could have joined the NFL draft. That's pretty impressive, and tough to turn down. His reason to come back? To get better at what he already does.

We're glad to have Brewster back, and we hope he continues the success of the past couple of years.