COLUMBUS – Ohio State linebackers coach Bill Davis doesn’t expect to have a depth problem this season. Behind starters Jerome Baker, Chris Worley and Dante Booker, the Buckeyes have only one other scholarship linebacker – Malik Harrison – who has played enough at Ohio State to earn a varsity letter. Davis is confident, though, that he will have plenty of other linebackers ready to play if called upon. “We’ve got a lot of solid backups,” Davis said Thursday. “We believe we’re three-deep at every position.” In addition to Harrison, the Buckeyes have five other scholarship linebackers who are also candidates to see playing time this year: Justin Hilliard, Keandre Jones, Tuf Borland, Baron Browning and Pete Werner. Davis feels good about what he has seen from all of them so far in fall camp. “I think the group is moving in a direction together and we get better every day,”…
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