November 16, 2024

If You're an Ohio State Cornerback, Kerry Coombs Wants You to Play This Year


Kerry Coombs has his hands full at cornerback as wellPhoto by Dan Harker 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, as Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley left early for the NFL Draft, leaving Denzel Ward behind as the last man standing. Four new cornerbacks entered the picture this spring, as freshmen Shaun Wade, Jeffrey Okudah, Marcus Williamson, and junior college transfer Kendall Sheffield all enrolled early. They played well throughout the spring, adding to Ward and redshirt sophomore Damon Arnette, who are expected to be two of the however many starters this season. What actually could that number be in 2017?…

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