{"id":390746,"date":"2026-01-06T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/390746\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:14:18","slug":"ohio-state-ol-transfer-tegra-tshabola-visiting-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/390746\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State OL transfer Tegra Tshabola visiting Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember former four-star recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/tegra-tshabola-111124\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tegra Tshabola<\/a> out of Lakota West HS in West Chester, Ohio? A Vince Marrow special during his time at Kentucky, he\u2019s related to former Wildcat George Asafo-Adjei while also being an old high school teammate of four-year UK standout Alex Afari \u2014 the connections were all over the place, giving the blue and white a real shot in the class of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Then Ohio State held off the Wildcats\u2019 flip attempt and the rest was history, Tshabola going on to become a two-year starter for the Buckeyes as an All-Big Ten honorable mention. He started at right guard in all 16 games during OSU\u2019s national championship season in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s in the transfer portal with an official visit scheduled to Kentucky. Funny how the football world works, eh?<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6, 322-pound guard has scheduled a trip to Lexington, along with another visit to Auburn, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mzenitz\/status\/2008364896988041518?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer of CBS Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jacob Polacheck of KSR+, the visit will take place on Wednesday, January 7.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year letterwinner in Columbus was rated as the No. 114 overall prospect and No. 8 interior offensive lineman in \u201922, picking the Buckeyes over the Wildcats, along with offers from Texas A&amp;M, Penn State, Oklahoma, Michigan, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, USC and Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>Is it time for a full-circle reunion with the familiar name and face for Big Blue Nation? A visit has been scheduled to help decide that.<\/p>\n<p>Want more Kentucky Transfer Portal Coverage? Join KSR+<\/p>\n<p>KSR has been delivering UK Sports news in the most ridiculous manner for almost two decades. Now, you can get even more coverage of the Cats with KSR+. In the middle of a busy transfer portal season for the Kentucky football program, now is the perfect time to join our online community. Subscribe now for premium articles, in-depth scouting reports, inside intel, bonus recruiting coverage, and access to KSBoard, our message board featuring thousands of Kentucky fans around the globe.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/kentucky-wildcats\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Come join the club right now for 50% off an annual subscription.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remember former four-star recruit Tegra Tshabola out of Lakota West HS in West Chester, Ohio? A Vince Marrow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-390746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}