It wasn’t easy choosing which Ohio State players we’d most want to have on our team this year.

Ohio State’s star-studded lineup for the 2024 season gave us plenty of options to choose from as we conducted our annual Real Pod Wednesdays draft to build head-to-head lineups for a hypothetical game of Buckeyes vs. Buckeyes between our two hosts.

Eleven Warriors beat writers Dan Hope and Andy Anders conducted a snake-format draft to build 22-man teams consisting of players on Ohio State’s 2024 football roster. Dan won the coin toss for the No. 1 overall pick, after which Andy and Dan alternated selections two at a time until both teams had drafted 11 offensive players and 11 defensive players for a total of 44 selections.

The ground rules for the draft required each of us to draft one quarterback, five offensive linemen and five skill-position players (wide receivers, running backs or tight ends) on offense and at least three defensive linemen, two linebackers and four defensive backs with two flexible selections on defense. Ultimately, Dan and Andy both chose to draft three wide receivers with one running back and one tight end on offense and to draft four defensive linemen, two linebackers, three cornerbacks and two safeties on defense, mirroring Ohio State’s actual base offensive and defensive personnel alignments.

We made each of our selections in real time on this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays. The full list of selections and where you can hear us talk about each of them is below.

0:00 Intro
6:35 1. Dan – Caleb Downs
7:36 2/3. Andy – Donovan Jackson and Emeka Egbuka
8:53 4/5. Dan – Denzel Burke and Josh Simmons
9:53 6/7. Andy – Jordan Hancock and Jack Sawyer
11:25 8/9. Dan – Will Howard and Jeremiah Smith
11:59 10/11. Andy – Lathan Ransom and Seth McLaughlin
13:09 12/13. Dan – Josh Fryar and Tyleik Williams
13:56 14/15. Andy – Tegra Tshabola and Sonny Styles
15:13 16/17. Dan – JT Tuimoloau and TreVeyon Henderson
15:44 18/19. Andy – Quinshon Judkins and Davison Igbinosun
17:06 20/21. Dan – Jermaine Mathews Jr. and Cody Simon
17:56 22/23. Andy – Brandon Inniss and Ty Hamilton
19:38 24/25. Dan – C.J. Hicks and Carson Hinzman
20:35 26/27. Andy – Luke Montgomery and Malik Hartford
21:38 28/29. Dan – Carnell Tate and Gee Scott Jr.
22:41 30/31. Andy – Caden Curry and Gabe Powers
25:00 32/33. Dan – Kayden McDonald and Lorenzo Styles Jr.
25:25 34/35. Andy – Bryson Rodgers and Jelani Thurman
26:31 36/37. Dan – Austin Siereveld and Joshua Padilla
27:26 38/39. Andy – Jason Moore and George Fitzpatrick
29:58 40/41. Dan – Kenyatta Jackson Jr. and Mylan Graham
31:09 42/43. Andy – Devin Brown and Calvin Simpson-Hunt
33:55 44. Dan – Keenan Nelson Jr.
35:12 How our teams compare with each other

Visit elevenwarriors.com for more analysis of each pick and to vote for whose team you think would win.