The Ohio State cornerback rotation and its development over the years has been written about countless times here, so there should be no need to delve into the history of it. What began as a pipe dream by Kerry Coombs has turned into a new standard for the Buckeyes. A year ago, Urban Meyer said that things went…
New Ohio State cornerbacks coach Taver Johnson is back with the Buckeyes after a six-year hiatus, and while OSU is not new to him, plenty has changed since he’s been gone. Names, faces, defensive coordinators, they have all changed since Johnson left for Arkansas in January of 2012. What has continued, however, is…
In his second season as a starter in 2017, free safety Damon Webb proved to be one of the Buckeyes’ most consistent defenders. He led a secondary that had to replace three starters, each of whom was a first-round draft pick. The Ohio State defense dropped from third in the nation in pass efficiency defense in 2016 to 13th in 2017.
Denzel Ward was arguably the best cornerback in college football this past season. Per most NFL draftniks, the League views him as the best draft-eligible cornerback in in the nation, and for good reason. Ward finished third in the Big Ten this past season with 17 passes defended. He intercepted two passes and ended up…
The best thing about bowl games isn’t getting to see your team play one more time, it’s getting young players another month of practices to help them grow and get better in anticipation of helping out the following season. During the season, the practices are about implementing game plans and playing against the scout team…
When a person is part of something special, they don’t ever really leave. Even when they move on, their legacy remains in place, providing a time-release reinforcement of what they helped to build. The legacy of cornerbacks at Ohio State goes back a long way, but it really picked up in the mid-1990s. In 1996, the Buckeyes…
Once something is established, it’s hard to go away from it. That’s why Urban Meyer is so adamant about building the culture at Ohio State and relying on it to replenish itself year after year. One such recent establishment for the Buckeyes is the three-man rotation at cornerback. Finally born a year ago, cornerbacks…
I just realized that splitting up this 100 Things into 10 pieces means that I have to come up with 10 separate intros. Intros are not my favorite things, and so sometimes I don’t put as much thought into them as I should. This intro, for instance, is probably going to be my worse one ever. But then I remember that I still have…
Marcus Williamson played high school football in nearby Westerville, Ohio prior to transferring to IMG Academy for his senior season. He was a First-Team All-State pick for Westerville South as a junior, and an Under Armour All-American as a senior. With IMG as a senior he scored two touchdowns on defense and recorded…
Last season, Ohio State and Kerry Coombs started a movement. Sure, right now it’s a movement that may only be a party of one, but that doesn’t lessen its impact to that particular party. The Buckeyes rotated three cornerbacks last season, and did it very successfully. This spring, they went about replacing two of those corners…
