Following is a transcript of your video. Why do football players wear black stripes under their eyes? It's a phenomenon called "eye black." Natural skin absorbs some light, but reflects the rest.

Purdue tight end transfer Max Klare sheds his black stripe after eight practices at Ohio State, becoming the first of this year’s midyear enrollees to lose his black stripe.

Redshirt freshman cornerback Miles Lockhart becomes the first Buckeye to have his black stripe removed in 2025.