When Ohio State faced Texas in the Cotton Bowl, Jeremiah Smith was expected to shine. After all, he had piled up 290 yards receiving in two postseason wins and was looking like the star to stop for the rest of the College Football Playoff field.

Former walk-on Caden Davis' Ohio State-related social media content has garnered considerable attention, but he will not in a Buckeyes uniform during the national title game.

Less than one week before the Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the national college football champion, the Buckeyes have dismissed a player. Caden Davis was a walk-on defensive lineman who has hundreds of thousands of followers across both TikTok and Instagram and was known for posting about his life on the team,