An Ohio State Linebacker Straight Up Walked Off The Field And Quit the Team in the Middle Of Tonight's Game

Uhhh ... what?

Apparently, Ohio State linebacker K'Vaughan Pope decided he had gotten his fill of playing football at OSU and there was no sense in waiting any longer, so he just packed it in right in the middle of the Buckeyes' game against Akron.

On3 — After trying to run out on the field in a substitution package in the second quarter on Saturday night against Akron, the senior linebacker was waved off by teammate Teradja Mitchell. Once getting back to the sideline, a visibly upset Pope started walking down the sideline by himself and was heading back to the locker room on his own.

Eventually he was corralled by Buckeyes staffer C.J. Barnett in the south end zone, and Pope was guided back to the sideline. Once there, though, Pope took off his gloves and threw them into the stands and began removing his Ohio State jersey — which apparently caught the attention of coach Ryan Day. After another conversation with multiple staffers, Pope was then led to the locker room while the game was ongoing.

And if there was any doubt as to if this was possibly some sort of misunderstanding that could be ironed out, Pope has already sent some tweets that would indicate he has played his last down of football at Ohio State.

What a situation. I guess Pope saw Vontae Davis do it and thought there was no reason to delay the inevitable. It will be interesting to see what Ryan Day has to say about Pope after the game.