Ohio State defensive end Michael Bennett will honor fallen teammate Kosta Karageorge in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday night.
Karageorge, a walk-on senior defensive tackle, was found dead last Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, four days after he was reported missing. Per the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Bennett will wear Karageorge’s No. 53 instead of his usual No. 63.
As you can see above, Ohio State tweeted out a photo of its locker room in Lucas Oil Stadium with Bennett’s locker on the left.
According to the Plain-Dealer, Bennett, a senior with 8.5 tackles for loss and four sacks, was one of the pallbearers at Karageorge’s funeral on Wednesday.
“We knew he had a lot of concussions. But you never knew he was depressed or anything like that,” Bennett said earlier this week. “I think he was one of the most positive out of everybody, which goes to show you can’t tell when something sneaks up. There’s no way to notice it.”
The Buckeyes will also wear a helmet decal in Karageorge’s honor.
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