Ohio State OC Brian Hartline hospitalized after ATV crash

Publish date: 2024-05-17

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Ohio State football offensive coordinator Brian Hartline was hospitalized on Sunday after an ATV crash at his home, according to multiple reports.

A spokesperson at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, told a local NBC affiliate that Hartline, 36, was admitted to the facility after suffering serious injuries in a crash that occurred early Sunday morning, one day after the Buckeyes had their spring game.

The injuries are not life-threatening and Hartline is hoping to get released from the hospital soon.

Another male, who was not affiliated with the university, was also admitted to the hospital with similar injuries.

Ohio State released a statement on Sunday:

“Ohio State assistant football coach Brian Hartline and a friend, unaffiliated with Ohio State, were transported to Riverside Hospital early this morning with non-life threatening injuries sustained in an ATV accident on his property,” the statement read. “According to Hartline, he is hoping to be released from the hospital later this evening.”

Hartline also tweeted after the reports came out on Sunday, saying: “I appreciate everyones support. I crashed my side by side on my property and have been taken to the hospital for further evaluation.

“I am doing well.”

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Brian Hartline at Ohio State’s spring game on April 15, 2023. Getty Images

Hartline, who spent his college career at Ohio State and also played seven seasons in the NFL, was promoted to offensive coordinator from wide receivers coach this offseason after a run of unprecedented success with the team’s pass catchers.

The Buckeyes had two wide receivers drafted in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft – Garrett Wilson to the Jets and Chris Olave to the Saints – and are expected to have a third in 2023 when Jaxon Smith-Njigba enters the league.

That number could jump to five in 2024, when Marvin Harrison Jr. is a near-lock to go in the first round, and Emeka Egbuka has a chance to do the same.

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Brian Hartline during Ohio State’s game against Northwestern Getty Images
Brian Hartline and his son on their ATV Brian Hartline

The Buckeyes reached the College Football Playoff in 2022, losing by one point in the semifinal to the eventual-champion Georgia Bulldogs after kicker Noah Ruggles missed a 50-yard field goal at the buzzer.

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