As Ohio State gears up for Monday's College Football Playoff national championship game against Notre Dame, it will be doing so without one of its most

This is something noteworthy before the national title game between Ohio State and Notre Dame: per The Lantern (the school's newspaper), walk-on defensive end "has been dismissed from Ohio sate's football team.

Social media star and Ohio State walk-on Caden Davis was dismissed by the Buckeyes, according to a report from the university newspaper The Lantern.

Ohio State is preparing for the National Championship but will be down a player after dismissing defensive end Caden Davis ahead of the title tilt. Noah Weiskopf of The Lantern first reported the news of Davis' dismissal. The school confirmed that Davis was no longer an "official Buckeye athlete" but did not reveal the reason why.

Former walk-on Caden Davis' Ohio State-related social media content has garnered considerable attention, but he will not in a Buckeyes uniform during the national title game.

Several players with Ohio roots will suit up for Notre Dame football in the CFP National Championship game. See the list.

ESPN analyst Rece Davis reviewed the national championship matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on the latest " College GameDay Podcast ." Davis was joined by ESPN insider Pete Thamel, where the two discussed their predictions for the final game.