The No. 4 player on this list is a two-time Academic All-American returning captain for the Buckeyes who is headed into his third year as a starter and led the team with 81 tackles last season. Jordan Fuller was one of Ohio State’s best recruiting wins in the 2016 class. He arrived as a corner, but was almost immediately…
There is a bit of irony to one of Ohio State’s deepest positions also being one of its biggest question marks. The Buckeyes will take the field this season having five safeties with starting experience, which wouldn’t include sophomore Josh Proctor, who may have the most potential of any safety on the OSU roster. Senior Jordan Fuller returns…
In football — in general — the free safety is the centerfielder of a defense. He is the deepest guy on the field because he is tasked with covering so much ground. The strong safety then plays closer to the line of scrimmage to help out with the run game if needed. Over the last five years or so, that’s been the opposite of OSU’s safety duties.
For the third year in a row, the members of the Ohio State secondary are getting used to new coaches and new techniques. The safeties have gone from Greg Schiano to Alex Grinch to now the collective conscience of Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes. The cornerbacks, meanwhile, have seen Kerry Coombs and Taver Johnson come and go…
Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline, defensive backs coaches Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes, and a handful of players met with the media to discuss the Buckeyes’ 2019 spring football.
In speaking with Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus Dispatch on Monday, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day revealed that senior starting safety Jordan Fuller and starting junior left tackle Thayer Munford will miss spring football with undisclosed injuries. Fuller is entering his third season as a starter, so he wasn’t likely to get overloaded…
This a topic that I stole from the message board because I found it pretty interesting. In any given year there are certainly candidates to discuss, but this is especially true in the years when the Buckeyes have won a national championship. In 2014, you could make the argument for Ezekiel Elliott or Taylor Decker or Joey Bosa or Darron Lee…
When Urban Meyer announced his retirement just days after the Big Ten Championship Game, he sent the entire football program into a brief moment of controlled chaos. Everyone still had their jobs to do and the schedule remained the same, but there was also a sense of unknown about the future. Meyer and athletic…
The NFL will release the full list of players who have been allowed to declare early for the 2019 Draft, but we already know which Buckeyes have made the move. In all, six players — defensive end Nick Bosa, defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones, cornerback Kendall Sheffield, quarterback Dwayne Haskins, running back Mike Weber, and center…
For every freshman, experiencing the first workout or first practice is an eye-opening experience. At Ohio State, freshmen can no longer get by with just being bigger or stronger or faster than the players they are competing against. Sure, those things help, but until players get the necessary technique down, they will be at a disadvantage.
