{"id":581108,"date":"2026-04-13T06:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581108\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:13:15","slug":"nfl-draft-2026-ohio-states-kayden-mcdonald-more-than-just-a-nose-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581108\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft 2026: Ohio State\u2019s Kayden McDonald more than just a nose tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll is joined by Dan Hope, who covers Ohio State football as the lead editor at Eleven Warriors. They discuss some of the top Buckeyes prospects, including defensive tackle Kayden McDonald, cornerback Davison Igbinosun, and EDGE Caden Curry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">McDonald has been one of the more frequent players mocked to the Chicago Bears this offseason, and while the big nose tackle (6\u20192\u201d, 326) is more known as a run stuffer than a pass rusher, he has the motor and athletic profile to get better at attacking the quarterback. He was an unanimous All-American and the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year while racking up 65 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 1 pass defended, 1 fumble recovery, and 2 forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cSixty-five tackles for a nose tackle. That\u2019s unheard of. You almost never see that,\u201d Hope said in his interview. \u201cSo, I think that speaks to the kind of player he is, where he is that guy [that] can take on a double team, he can own the line, but he\u2019s also not just a guy who\u2019s going to sit there and plug the gap. He\u2019s a guy who\u2019s going to go and make plays, too, and when you have a guy who is as strong and powerful as he is, but is also going and actually making plays and creating that disruption by himself, that\u2019s a really valuable guy to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Give Taylor\u2019s show a listen in either of the embeds below, and let us know if you\u2019d like to see any Buckeyes end up in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Our 2nd City Gridiron Podcast Channel is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/2nd-city-gridiron\/id1740183213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3AfUwxvqBNmGKEcalJmYJY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-2nd-city-gridiron-165564430\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iHeart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/podcast\/2nd-city-gridiron-4ac36\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audacy<\/a>, and other popular podcast platforms, so be sure to hit subscribe wherever you get your audio. Our YouTube home is also called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMXAZtZvYznksYB2z5cMDjA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2nd City Gridiron<\/a>, so subscribe there for our pods and other video content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here\u2019s Taylor\u2019s full schedule for her NFL Draft series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll is joined by Dan Hope, who covers Ohio State football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[180932,79569,52257,207081,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-581108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-chicago-bears-analysis","9":"tag-chicago-bears-draft","10":"tag-chicago-bears-news","11":"tag-chicago-bears-podcasts-videos","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-ncaa","14":"tag-ncaa-football","15":"tag-ncaafootball","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581108","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=581108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}