Jeff Gilbert is a Clark County native who began his journalism career answering the phone on the Springfield New-Suns sports desk as a college senior. After college, he began a nine-year run at the Northern Virginia Daily and earned several state-wide writing awards while covering high schools, a summer wooden-bat college baseball league and small-college sports. His next stop was at The Roanoke (Va.) Times as assistant sports editor and sports editor. In 2009, he moved back to Ohio to start the journalism program at his alma mater, Cedarville University, where he still teaches. He has worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of outlets, mostly covering high schools and the Dayton Dragons for the News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, and has won several Ohio Prep Sportstwriters Association awards. In 2022, he won the freelancer best in show award given by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best of Ohio contest. He covers Ohio State football and high schools for Press Pros
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Tuesday, 05 December 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Gilbert: Day’s Pursuit To Upgrade QB A Necessary Move

Ryan Day's reputation for developing quarterbacks took a hit this season, so he's determined to find an offensive leader for 2024 who is up to the task...and his standards.
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Saturday, 25 November 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

The Streak Reaches Three…Buckeyes Fall In Ann Arbor – Late Drive Falls Short

The throw...Kyle McCord ponders his final pass of the game, and later admitted, "I didn't get enough on it." Michigan's Rod Moore intercepted to seal Michigan's 30-24 win. Read Jeff Gilbert in Sunday's Press Pros.
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Burke, Buckeyes Ready To Be The Villain In The Big House

If Ohio State gets the victory it cherishes Saturday, Denzel Burke's words on Tuesday will add another chapter to the lore, the legend and the long-awaited next Ohio State victory in college football's greatest rivalry.
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Sunday, 19 November 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Gilbert: Ohio State Heeds Warning, Rolls Past Western Michigan

Even Brutus got in on it...The Buckeyes improve to 3-1 with an easy win over Western Michigan, their final tuneup before meeting SEC heavy Alabama this week in the Emerald Coast Classic, in Florida. Jeff Gilbert writes.
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Saturday, 18 November 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Defense Proves Again It Can Be The Catalyst Against Michigan…Buckeyes Wallop Minnesota

Led by TreVeyon Henderson's big day (above), and Jack Sawyer, the Ohio State defense held Minnesota to 159 yards and forced two turnovers in a 37-3 victory.  It sets up a showdown of unbeatens next week against Michigan. Jeff Gilbert writes Saturday's win on Senior Day for Press Pros.