October 24, 2024

Why isn’t Donovan Jackson playing left tackle for Ohio State this season?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Last season former Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson teased the idea of Donovan Jackson potentially being the Buckeyes’ left tackle one day. © David Petkiewicz cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS OL Donovan Jackson (74) at the 2022 OSU Spring Game in Ohio Stadium on Saturday, April 16, 2022. The now-Florida Atlantic head coach explained that the possibility of it played a role in why Jackson moved from right guard to left guard for his second college football season because it would make it an easier transition in a situation where that could happen. He never had to do in 2022, instead playing all 827 snaps between Paris Johnson Jr. and Luke Wypler, both of which are now off to the NFL. Up until the Michigan game Johnson hadn’t given up a sack all season and had only given up one in his entire career. The former top tackle in the…

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