COLUMBUS – Entering his senior season, Erick Smith is still battling to earn a starting spot on the Ohio State defense for the first time. Smith has played in 33 career games, more than any other defensive back on Ohio State’s roster. He has flashed the potential to be a defensive playmaker throughout his career, perhaps most memorably in Ohio State’s 2015 spring game, when he recorded two interceptions. He has often been the next man up on the safety depth chart. But he still hasn’t started one game for the Buckeyes. A four-star recruit out of Cleveland’s Glenville High School, Smith saw immediate playing time as a true freshman on defense and special teams for Ohio State’s 2014 national championship team. Smith played in each of Ohio State’s first six games in 2015 as the Buckeyes’ primary backup safety. His sophomore season came to an abrupt end, however, when…
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