© Provided by Buckeyes Now on FanNation Ohio State Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles came in last year and implemented his 4-2-5 defensive scheme. Despite dropping a linebacker out of the defense, the unit’s play was led by 2022 Second Team All-American Tommy Eichenberg and Steele Chambers with Cody Simon and an emerging C.J. Hicks as reserves. The Buckeyes’ linebacking corps is getting its flowers as the seventh-best room in the country and third in the Big Ten, according to On3. Ohio State trails Clemson, Georgia, Penn State, Michigan, LSU and North Carolina’s linebacker units. “Tommy Eichenberg had the fourth-most tackles (120) of any linebacker in the Power 5 in 2022, and the senior returns as one of the better interior players in the country. For the second-straight season he’ll be paired with Steele Chambers, who was OSU’s second-leading stopper and is a better coverage ‘backer (two picks, multiple other PBUs),”…
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