COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawyers representing a group of men suing Ohio State University over what they say was sexual misconduct by a team doctor decades ago say the growing number of accusers has topped 300.

Totals confirmed to The Associated Press put the group’s size close to that of the plaintiffs who got $425 million from Michigan State University to settle claims related to Larry Nassar, the now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor accused of molesting hundreds of women and girls.

Of the 300-plus men in the Ohio State matter, some still plan to sue and more than half already are listed plaintiffs in federal lawsuits accusing university officials of knowing about concerns about the doctor, Richard Strauss, during his tenure but doing little to stop him.

A lawyer representing the men, Michael Wright, said his legal team was representing more than 100 people, most of them former football players and other Ohio State athletes who said they were sexually abused by Strauss, who died in 2005. Many of those are not among the 177 men who provided firsthand accounts of sexual abuse to the law firm that began investigating allegations for the university last year, Wright said.