November 18, 2024

Caden Curry is second Ohio State football freshman to lose black stripe this spring


COLUMBUS, Ohio — It may have taken Caden Curry a while to finally join Ohio State football’s 2022 recruiting class but it hasn’t taken him long to impress his new teammates and coaches. The nation’s No. 123 player and No. 13 edge rusher committed to the Buckeyes just ahead of the early signing period in December even if they were always considered the favorite. Now he’s the second early enrollee to lose his black stripe this spring joining safety Kye Stokes. Curry spent most of his recruiting projecting out as a potential three-technique defensive tackle in Ohio State, but with the arrival of defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, much of that has changed. Now he’s emerged as a potential candidate to play the new Jack/Leo position that is a hybrid of a defensive end and a linebacker. “I feel like playing the end — or I can play that LEO, too,…

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