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When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX last month, Parris Campbell became the 33rd Ohio State Buckeye to win a Super Bowl. Campbell became the first former Buckeye since Darron Lee in 2020 to be on the 53-man roster of the winning team. While Lee was on the roster of the Chiefs, who beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, he didn’t play any snaps in the game. Since Campbell did get on the field on Sunday night, he was the first Ohio State alum since Nate Ebner and John Simon in 2019 to play in the Super Bowl and win.
With the NFL officially in the offseason, we can start looking ahead to the 2025-26 seasonl. There are already mock drafts, power rankings, and Super Bowl predictions floating around even though we still have free agency, the 2025 NFL Draft, and next season’s schedule release upcoming in the future. Rosters for every team around the league are going to look a lot different from what we saw when the regular season ended in early January.
Today. we want to know what Buckeye you want to see win the Super Bowl next. In some cases it could be because you want to see a Buckeye currently on your favorite team win a Super Bowl, and you are confident they’ll be on your favorite team when the season starts in September, like Terry McLaurin since it’s obvious he is in the long-term plans in Washington. Or it could be a player you want to see win a Super Bowl because you’ve loved them as a player since they arrived in Columbus. J.K. Dobbins would be a perfect example since he has come back from a number of injuries since turning pro and deserves to win it all.
Today’s question: Which Ohio State alum do you want to see win the Super Bowl next?
We’d love to hear your choices. Either respond to us on Twitter at @Landgrant33 or leave your choice in the comments.
Brett’s answer: Curtis Samuel
Unless you’re new to the program, by now you should know that I’m a Buffalo Bills fan. Curtis Samuel is currently under contract with the Bills after signing a three-year, $24 million dollar contract during the offseason. Since I’m still reeling from Buffalo losing to Kansas City in the playoffs for what seems like the 472nd straight season, I have no idea if the Bills are going to bring back Samuel for the upcoming season, or if they have some sort of cap-friendly out in his contract that will result in the team cutting Samuel.
I’d love for the Bills to keep Samuel since I’ll welcome as many Buckeyes as possible in Buffalo. Just imagine the joy Samuel felt when he celebrated winning a national championship as a freshman at Ohio State to cap off the 2014 season. That would pale in comparison to the kind of folk hero he’d be in Buffalo if he was part of the team that finally was able to win the big one after failing so many times in the Super Bowl in the early 90s, and having suffered so much playoff heartbreak over the last five seasons.
Even if Samuel isn’t in Buffalo’s plans next season, I’d love to see him win a Super Bowl in a lot of other locations that aren’t Kansas City or anywhere else in the AFC East. Samuel had one of the most iconic touchdowns in Ohio State history when he scored in double overtime to beat Michigan back in 2016. When properly utilized, Samuel is still an electric player. I could definitely see him scoring a touchdown that leaves everyone talking in next year’s Super Bowl if he and hopefully the Buffalo Bills are a part of the big game next February.
Matt’s answer: Everyone on the Jets
I might be taking the easy way out, but I’m going to just side with everybody on the New York Jets. Thanks to the free agent signing of quarterback Justin Fields, the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets are now the home of Fields, his former wide receiver Garrett Wilson, center Josh Myers, and tight end Jeremy Ruckert.
Full circle moment.@justnfields | @GarrettWilson_V pic.twitter.com/L8oGnGKDwa
— New York Jets (@nyjets) March 14, 2025
Of course, I will be rooting for all four of them, but if I have to pick one to meet the standards of this exercise, I will go with Fields. Since joining the league, he has found himself in two situations that didn’t maximize his skill set. In his first few seasons, he was playing for the Chicago Bears, whose ineptitude speaks for itself.
Then, as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, he opened the season with back-to-back wins before being replaced by Russell Wilson when he was healthy enough to play. In many ways, Justin Fields is responsible for the resurgence of Ohio State football, so I want to see him succeed in the NFL.
So, now that over one-third of the Jets’ offense is going to be Buckeyes, it seems like a great time to go all in on rooting for Fields.