COLUMBUS — Taison Chatman’s freshman season got off to a delayed start and never really took off. Now, after more injury trouble, the Ohio State guard will have to wait a year for his sophomore season.
Chatman will miss the 2024-25 campaign after going down with a season-ending knee injury during a summer workout. This summer’s knee injury is unrelated to the meniscus issue Chatman had in the same knee last year. He completed a successful surgery this week and will begin rehabbing for his 2025-26 return.
“I’m incredibly sad for Taison that he’s going to miss the entire year,” Buckeyes head coach Jake Diebler said in a statement Wednesday. “After a tough start to his collegiate career, he worked his way back and played a role for us at the end of last season.
“He continued that development this spring and was working out really well. I was looking forward to watching him take the next step this year. But I know he’ll work hard and get back to form as soon as he can.”
Chatman missed fall camp last preseason while recovering from his aforementioned meniscus injury, which limited him during his senior year at Totino-Grace High School in Minnesota. He made his Ohio State debut Nov. 24 against Alabama in the Emerald Coast Classic.
Chatman ended up recording 17 appearances for the Buckeyes as a freshman, averaged 4.2 minutes per outing and finished the season with 17 points to his name.
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