September 21, 2024

Resetting Ohio State football’s projected 2023 defensive depth chart after spring practice


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football spent the spring of 2022 rebuilding and reconfiguring itself under incoming defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and two new secondary coaches. The Buckeyes started their just-completed spring from a more comfortable position. Except they also came in frustrated by their performance in the season’s final games and prepared to ramp up the competition and standards to find a solution. Throughout the 15 spring practices, that attitude shift showed up on the field. Recommended Buckeyes stories “As we come out of the spring, we’ll evaluate it, we’ll go through each position, but there’s reason for optimism for sure,” coach Ryan Day said. You will notice the depth chart projection below differs in some significant ways from the March 7 version. One thing is clear: Throughout the defense, it is more difficult to separate which players are not performing at starter caliber than at any time in…

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