Ohio State student tackled on field, charged with criminal trespassing

OSU assistant strength and conditioning coach and former Buckeye linebacker Anthony Schlegel (right) assists in removing a fan attempting to rush onto the field during a game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 50-28. Credit: Mark Batke / Photo editor

OSU assistant strength and conditioning coach and former Buckeye linebacker Anthony Schlegel (right) assists in removing a fan attempting to rush onto the field during a game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 50-28. Credit: Mark Batke / Photo editor

OSU assistant strength and conditioning coach and former Buckeye linebacker Anthony Schlegel (right) assists in removing a fan attempting to rush onto the field during a game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 50-28. Credit: Mark Batke / Photo editor

OSU assistant strength and conditioning coach and former Buckeye linebacker Anthony Schlegel (right) assists in removing a fan attempting to rush onto the field during a game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27 at Ohio Stadium. OSU won, 50-28. Credit: Mark Batke / Photo editor

Ohio Stadium event staff escort away a fan attempting to rush onto the field during a game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27. OSU won, 50-28. Credit: Mark Batke / Photo editor

A police photograph of Anthony Wunder, a fourth-year in mechanical engineering, who was taken to the Franklin County Jail after attempting to rush onto the field during an OSU game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27. Wunder posted bond, but still faces criminal charges from the university. Credit: Courtesy of Franklin County Jail

An Ohio State student faces criminal trespassing charges after he was tackled by assistant strength coach Anthony Schlegel — a former OSU linebacker — because he ran onto the football field during a game.

Anthony James Wunder was identified as the fan who made it onto the field in the middle of a second-quarter play during Ohio State’s game against Cincinnati on Saturday. He was tackled by Schlegel near the 50-yard line, and hauled off the field by the assistant coach and event staff.

An OSU directory search said 21-year-old Wunder is a mechanical engineering student at OSU.

Wunder is being charged with criminal trespassing for his escapade on the field, according to the Franklin County Municipal Court website. He was taken to the Franklin County Jail but later posted bond.

His first court date is scheduled for Monday at 9 a.m.

Wunder declined to comment Sunday afternoon.