Ohio State Football Is Losing a Member of Its Staff to LSU: Report

Ohio State football is losing a member of its staff to LSU: Report

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Sam Petitto, the program’s director of player personnel, is leaving for LSU.

Ohio State loses key member of championship team to LSU

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the reigning national champions of college football. However, the Buckeyes have already undergone a significant amount of turnover, which raises some doubt about their ability to repeat. Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles departed the program in a horizontal move to take the same role with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Similarly, offensive coordinator Chip Kelly departed to become the new offensive coordinator for the …

Ohio State Director of Player Personnel Sam Petitto Leaving for LSU

Ohio State will be on the hunt for a new top-level recruiting support staffer less than two months before the 2025 season begins. Assistant athletic director of player personnel Sam Petitto is leaving the Buckeyes to return to his home state LSU Tigers, per a report from Rivals' Shea Dixon. BREAKING: LSU has hired Ohio State Director of Player Personnel Sam Petitto. Petitto, an Amite native, spent nearly a decade with Nick Saban as Alab…