Fall camp for freshmen football players often ends up in an everlasting search for mental and physical reassurance. They listen to coaches, listen to teammates, and try to tell themselves that this is all completely normal. Such was the case for sophomore defensive end Tyler Friday a year ago. Friday came to Ohio State as one of the top defensive…
Jashon Cornell is one of Ohio State’s 14 fifth-year scholarship seniors. He has played in 32 games in his career, starting just once. Those starts, however, are on the verge of increasing as Cornell gets closer and closer to being named the starter at three technique defensive tackle. Cornell came to Ohio State all those years ago as a blue-chip defensive end…
Over his last couple of seasons at Ohio State, Urban Meyer had relatively large numbers of captains on the football team. He cited the fact that Mike Vrabel was never a captain for why he began to expand the pool of captains over the couple of years. With Ryan Day now in charge, the question of how many captains he would prefer is still up in the air.
Our annual process to determine the division champions in the Big Ten is a nearly flawless exercise of tedium, but it’s our nearly flawless exercise of tedium. Today, we finish the linebackers of the B1G. Some will tell you that linebackers are only as good as the defensive line in front of them, but that is absolutely untrue when you are simply rating them as…
The last time Ohio State returned a punt for a touchdown was last November against Michigan. Freshman wide receiver Chris Olave blocked a Will Hart punt and it ended up in the arms of freshman cornerback Sevyn Banks, who ran it in the rest of the way for a touchdown. It’s a great way to return punts, but it doesn’t happen nearly often enough to be…
For several reasons, Ryan Day raised some eyebrows when he hired Greg Mattison to be one of his two defensive coordinators. From the outset, Mattison has been paired with Jeff Hafley as the Buckeyes’ coordinators, and they sat down with Larry Johnson back in the winter to start putting their defensive system together. Two weeks out from the…
Since the 2018 season ended, speculation about the 2019 edition of the Ohio State defense began. Most of the questions and concerns revolved around the Buckeye linebackers. It was an off year for the position as a whole, with middle linebacker Tuf Borland and Sam linebacker Pete Werner receiving the most criticism from onlookers. Borland was…
Potter is now the eighth member of the 2019 recruiting class to lose his black stripe. An early enrollee, Potter is now nearly 30 practices into his Ohio State career. He came to Ohio State from Mentor where he was a 4-star prospect. Potter was a 2-time All-State selection at Mentor High School. Upon arriving at OSU, the 6-foot-6 and 252-pound Potter found…
For the fifth time this week and the second time on Thursday, a member of Ohio State’s 2019 recruiting class has turned his black stripe to red. This time, it’s running back Steele Chambers.
