When cornerback Shaun Wade announced his return to Ohio State on Saturday, he made a difficult situation considerably better. Wade could have gone the route of cornerback Jeff Okudah and turned pro early, but if he had, the Buckeyes would be looking for four new starters in the 2020 secondary. Instead, he came back and will finally be given a shot to play…
Prior to the 2018 season, the NCAA allowed football programs to hire a 10th assistant coach. Ohio State made that 10th coach Alex Grinch from Washington State. Grinch took over the safeties from defensive coordinator Greg Schiano, who was then left without a position to coach. Instead of now having a position…
The Buckeyes are one of those rare teams that lost a starting cornerback early to the NFL over the offseason, yet still return two cornerbacks who are also considered starters. Fifth-year senior Damon Arnette and junior Jeff Okudah are back, and bring with them three seasons of experience in OSU’s starting rotation. Three second-year corners…
Ohio State returns Damon Arnette and Jeff Okudah, who were both in the rotation with Sheffield last year. The common theory is that the rotation will continue if possible. The first name that comes to mind when thinking about continuing the rotation is redshirt sophomore Shaun Wade. Wade was the team’s nickel back…
Sevyn Banks came to Ohio State from Jones High School in Orlando, Florida. He was the No. 23 cornerback in the 2018 recruiting class and the No. 223 player overall. Banks signed with Ohio State over offers from Alabama, Bethune-Cookman, Florida, Auburn, Florida State, LSU, Kennesaw State, and many others.
Coaches love bowl games because it rewards their players for a season of effort and hard work (and also usually triggers a salary bonus.) It also gives coaches a chance to get a good, long look at the up-and-coming players on the roster. With a month of practices between games, there is no reason to overload the veterans…
The Buckeyes were clinging to a narrow lead in the third quarter of a game against Michigan that they weren’t supposed to win. They had kicked a field goal just before halftime to extend a small lead, but were still up by just one score. The OSU defense got a big stop, and Michigan lined up to punt it away from just inside its own 40. That’s when a true freshman made a play on special teams that swung momentum and doomed the favored Wolverines to a devastating loss in Columbus.
Three more Ohio State football freshmen lost their black stripes just in time for the season opener. Monday night, the OSU program announced that cornerback Sevyn Banks and defensive ends Tyler Friday and Javontae Jean-Baptiste were now all full-fledged members of the team. Banks was a four-star recruit out of Florida who enrolled back in January and who went through spring practice with the Buckeyes…
Earlier in the week we looked at which Buckeyes are most likely to redshirt this season. Now we delve into those freshmen who are more likely to see the field in more than just the four games allowed to anybody before losing a year of eligibility. The factors which make somebody more likely to play include whether or…
Ohio State football’s official Twitter account has release more clips from Wednesday’s action on the practice field, and a pair of true freshmen have been the focus. In the first clip below, freshman cornerback Sevyn Banks comes off of his receiver in order to go back and intercept a tipped pass from walk-on quarterback Kory Curtis.
Every position on the Ohio State team comes with expectations, but of late, maybe no position can match the cornerbacks when it comes to what people expect of them. With the long line of NFL production — which has seen an uptick of late — not only do outsiders expect big things, but so do the players themselves.
