Josh Proctor’s future at Ohio State was far from certain at the end of the 2022 season. The fifth-year safety was benched on the first series of Ohio State’s season opener against Notre Dame and was supplanted in the starting lineup by Lathan Ransom not long after. In the Buckeyes’ final two games, Proctor was relegated strictly to a special teams role. That’s not how things were supposed to play out in what could’ve been the last year in scarlet and gray for the top-75 overall 2018 recruit. So the Oklahoma native mulled over his options. At the start of the offseason, it seemed more likely Proctor would transfer or enter the NFL draft than come back to Columbus. But ultimately he decided to stay put, and given the first-team free safety reps he’s received in practice this spring, that choice appears to be working out well thus far. “I’d say (I was) 50-50. Didn’t think…
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