Jim Karsatos (May 26, 1963 – February 8, 2025) was an American college football player who was a starter at quarterback for two years with the Ohio State Buckeyes. [1] He was of Greek-American origin from the island of Kefalonia.He is one of two football players from the Greek island of Kefalonia that played at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California (Robert Evangelatos Oliver, a ...

3 days ago · In his final season with the Buckeyes, Karsatos completed 135 of 251 passes (53.8 percent) for 1,927 yards, 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He finished his career completing 330 of 573 ...

3 days ago · The Ohio State football family lost a legend over the weekend as former quarterback, Jim Karsatos has passed away. The California native was a Buckeye from 1981 through 1986 and started for two of those seasons. After dealing with an injury in 1981 and rehabbing from that injury in 1982, Karsatos saw the field sparingly behind Mike Tomczak in ...

3 days ago · Jim Karsatos has passed away at the age of 61 years old. ... Karsatos played six years with Ohio State back in the 1980's. During the 1986 season, he was a captain for the Buckeyes.

2 days ago · One of those players is Jim Karsatos. Karsatos was a quarterback back in the mid-1980s who helped lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a share of the Big Ten championship in 1986 as the starter. That ...

3 days ago · The Buckeyes went to the Cotton Bowl, where Karsatos and his fellow seniors had their fitting farewell with a 28-12 win over Texas A&M. He still stands 13th on Ohio State's career passing yardage ...

1 day ago · Jim Karsatos, who was 61, died after recently being hospitalized due to a heart condition, Bucknuts says. Karsatos was team captain and quarterback for the Buckeyes in the 1980s and helped defeat ...

3 days ago · The Ohio State football family is mourning the loss of former starting quarterback and sideline reporter Jim Karsatos. Karsatos, who spent six seasons with the Buckeyes in the 1980s, died on ...

After football, Karsatos became a financial advisor. (updated: Feb. 2024) Pronunciation: Car-SOT’-ose. Major: Communications (1985-86), Pre-Medicine (1981-82) Weight: 224 (1986), 214 (1985), 228 (1984), 220 (1983), 218 (1982) 1986 Media Guide: Voted offensive captain of the 1986 Ohio State team.

2 days ago · Karsatos took over as the starter in 1985 and, the following season, led the Buckeyes to a shared Big Ten championship with Michigan, defeating Texas A&M 28-12 in the 1987 Cotton Bowl.