Joshua Padilla holds the C · Backup spot in Ohio State Buckeyes’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Joshua Padilla is a 6'4", 300-pound center from Huber Heights, Ohio, who enrolled at Ohio State in January 2023 as a consensus four-star recruit and top-10 interior line prospect nationally. He redshirted during his freshman year in 2023. As a redshirt freshman in 2024, Padilla appeared in all 13 games, recording 97 snaps on the offensive line and special teams, including 21 snaps against Purdue and 16 in the CFP first-round win over Tennessee. In 2025, he made his first career start against Miami while appearing in 13 games and totaling 175 snaps, earning Academic All-Big Ten Conference and OSU Scholar-Athlete honors. Padilla is a returning redshirt junior.