Michael Jordan didn’t know until this summer that he could end up being Ohio State’s new starting center this season. Throughout spring practices, Ohio State’s plan was to keep Jordan at left guard – the position at which he started every game for the past two seasons – as Brady Taylor, Josh Myers and Matthew Burrell competed to replace Billy Price at center. But after neither Taylor nor Myers was able to seize a stronghold on the job, and Burrell transferred out of the program to Sam Houston State, while Malcolm Pridgeon emerged as another strong candidate to start at left guard, Ohio State offensive line coach Greg Studrawa approached Jordan about the possibility of moving to the middle of the line. Meeting with the media on Wednesday for the first time since making the move to center, Jordan said Studrawa left the decision up to him. Jordan agreed to make the…
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