Could Arthur Smith Revolutionize Ohio State’s Offense? Kirk Herbstreit Weighs In
Now, longtime NFL play-caller Arthur Smith is calling the shots for the Ohio State offense this fall. While his NFL resume is a bit of a mixed bag, bringing some more NFL ideas to a college roster with a ton of talent has fans pumped up for the 2026 season.
On a Tuesday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit pondered what a more NFL-style approach might look like in 2026.
“So you got an NFL defensive mind and you got Arthur Smith now with Chip Kelly gone and Brian Hartline gone, now you bring Arthur Smith from the NFL, and now it’ll be interesting to see how that impacts their offense,” Herbstreit said. “You know, if you think about him in the NFL, everybody thinks of Derrick Henry, and then when he went down to Atlanta, obviously in Pittsburgh. I mean, he is a run-first kind of guy, but with the weapons that he has, you know, are we going to see 12 and 13 personnel mixed in a little bit more or we open it up with Sayin and all those wide receivers that they have? Be interesting just to see what approach he has.”

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