Ohio State football safety Sonny Styles checks into the team’s hotel for fall camp in Grandview, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2023. Sonny Styles has solidified himself as one of Ohio State’s starting safeties, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles said Monday. “He’s definitely a guy we’re going to have on the field,” Knowles said. Styles is in line to start at nickel safety, a spot where he had been getting first-team reps since the Buckeyes opened preseason training camp earlier this month. His move up into the starting secondary has been a rapid one, coming after he graduated a year early from Pickerington Central and enrolled at Ohio State last summer. He only turned 18 last November. But Styles’ physical gifts and work ethic caught the attention of the staff, putting him in position for a bigger role as a sophomore. Styles is a departure from the recent mold of starting nickel…
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