2006 Ohio State roster

33 players. From 5 states; the most from Ohio (11). The 2006 season.

Our source’s roster for 2006 is partial: 33 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 3

Player	Hometown	2006
Troy Smith QB		2,542 passing yards, 30 TD
Justin Zwick QB5-star recruit	Massillon, OH	187 passing yards
Todd Boeckman QB		14 rushing yards, 1 TD

Running backs 3

Player	Hometown	2006
Antonio Pittman RB		1,233 rushing yards, 14 TD
Chris Wells RB5-star recruit	Akron, OH	576 rushing yards, 7 TD
Maurice Wells RB		171 rushing yards, 1 TD

Receivers 8

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
	Ted Ginn Jr. WR5-star recruit		Cleveland, OH	59 catches, 781 yards, 9 TD
	Anthony Gonzalez WR			51 catches, 734 yards, 8 TD
	Brian Robiskie WR			29 catches, 383 yards, 5 TD
	Brian Hartline WR			17 catches, 256 yards, 2 TD
	Rory Nicol WR4-star recruit		Beaver, PA	13 catches, 151 yards, 3 TD
	Roy Hall WR			13 catches, 147 yards, 2 TD
82	Ray Small WR4-star recruit	5′11″	Cleveland, OH	8 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD
	Brandon Smith WR

Tight ends 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
86	Jake Ballard TE4-star recruit		6′6″		Springboro, OH	2 catches, 5 yards, 1 TD

Defensive line 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
	Vernon Gholston DE					1 INT

Linebackers 4

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
	James Laurinaitis ILB			5 INT
	Marcus Freeman OLB4-star recruit		Dayton, OH	2 INT
51	Ross Homan LB4-star recruit	6′0″	Coldwater, OH	1 INT
	Larry Grant OLB			1 INT

Defensive backs 3

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
	Malcolm Jenkins CB				4 INT
13	Andre Amos CB	6′1″	183	Middletown, OH	1 INT
21	Anderson Russell DB2-star recruit	6′0″		Atlanta, GA	1 INT

Specialists 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2006
20	Aaron Pettrey PK	6′2″	Raceland, KY	8 of 11 field goals
	A.J. Trapasso P			49 punts, 40.6 average
	Ryan Pretorius K			1 of 2 field goals

Athletes and others 7

Player	Hometown	2006
Antonio Smith 4-star recruit	Cincinnati, OH	2 INT
Brandon Mitchell		2 INT
Jamario O’Neal 5-star recruit	Cleveland, OH	1 INT
Stan White Jr.		8 catches, 57 yards
Albert Dukes 4-star recruit	Belle Glade, FL	2 catches, 11 yards
Rob Schoenhoft		−19 rushing yards
Dionte Johnson	Columbus, OH

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2006 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.