COLUMBUS, Ohio — Baron Browning is one of two five-stars left from Ohio State football’s No. 2 rated 2017 recruiting class. Browning came to Columbus as the nation’s No. 11 player and the top outside linebacker. Except he hasn’t spent time as an outside linebacker as a Buckeye. He’s played a reserve role in 2018 and rotated with Tuf Borland at middle linebacker in 2019. His 368 snaps — according to Eleven Warriors — allotted him 43 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and five sacks. He did that without ever being genuinely comfortable in his role on a defense that went from 2018 misery to the top of the country in 12 months. The top two reasons for that — also from the 2017 recruiting class — are gone, leaving Grand Canyon-wide holes. Browning moving into the role held by Malik Harrison for the past two seasons may solve one…
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