Baron Browning, Pete Werner Ohio State Football Buckeyes Linebacker
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Buckeye Linebackers Will Set Depth Chart In Fall Camp

The Buckeyes are returning two starting linebackers from last season, having lost just Malik Harrison from a year ago. Starters Pete Werner and Tuf Borland return, as do five other upperclassmen with experience. Seniors Baron Browning and Justin Hilliard have as much experience as regular starters, and juniors K’Vaughan Pope, Teradja Mitchell, and Dallas Gant have all seen plenty…

Ryan Shazier Ohio State Buckeyes
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Hustle and Hit: Let’s Watch Some Ohio State Linebacker Highlights

Ohio State linebackers coach Al Washington posted a video on Twitter this morning of great Buckeye linebackers of the past, with the gist being that his players are going to honor that tradition. It would be no surprise that Washington would want to honor the past, given that his father Alvin Washington (1977-80) was a Buckeye linebacker himself, finishing with…

Cade Stover Ohio State Buckeyes Defensive End
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Having Outgrown Linebacker, Cade Stover Ready for Life at Defensive End

Sitting at a table among a long line of Ohio State coaches in the days leading up to the Fiesta Bowl, OSU linebackers coach Al Washington was finishing up some question-and-answering with one reporter when he was asked, “Hey Al, why weren’t you able to hold on to Cade Stover?” “That’s a good question,” Washington said laughing. “Mother Nature, I suppose?”

Al Washington Ohio State Buckeyes Linebackers Coach
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Buckeye Football Notebook: ‘I’d be surprised if any of that stuff happens’

Every year at a successful program, a head coach has to prepare himself to lose talented assistant coaches. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day didn’t anticipate losing Jeff Hafley after one year, but that’s the situation he finds himself in currently. With Hafley taking the Boston College job, the football program is in a bit of a flux as it deals with the situation. And when assistant…