COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football has inked an agreement with coach Ryan Day, extending him through the 2031 season with an annual compensation of $12.5 million. He will become the nation’s second-highest paid head coach, pending an approval of the deal by OSU’s board of trustees.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day is now the second-highest paid coach in college football behind Georgia's Kirby Smart after paying off his first national championship with a new contract. Day's new seven-year deal,

Weeks after winning the national championship with a historic run through the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff, Ohio State's Ryan Day is now one of the nation's highest-paid coaches.