COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football will be without its two best receivers, Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate , during Saturday’s game vs. Rutgers.

Tate has not played since a Nov. 1 victory against Penn State. He ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 711 receiving yards and sixth with seven touchdowns.

Prior to a Nov. 8 win at Purdue, Tate felt some tightness, according to coach Ryan Day. The seventh-year coach said Tate could have played against the Boilermakers but didn’t as a precautionary measure.

He was then listed as out on OSU’s availability report heading into last week’s win vs. UCLA. When asked Tuesday if Tate was dealing with a setback, Day provided no update.

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