Tom Groeschen

tgroeschen@enquirer.com

The University of Cincinnati football program has landed former Ohio State offensive tackle Grant Schmidt as a transfer, UC sources confirmed Monday.

The 6-foot-6, 300-pound Schmidt redshirted as a freshman this past season at OSU. At UC, Schmidt will sit out the 2016 season and become eligible in 2017, with three years of eligibility remaining.

Schmidt is from Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While in high school, Schmidt was ranked the No. 1 player in South Dakota, the No. 52 offensive tackle overall and No. 468 overall in his class by 247Sports.com, which also rated Schmidt a three-star recruit.

Schmidt left the Ohio State program earlier this month.

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