The final week of spring football gave us our closest look yet at the 2022 Buckeyes.
Ohio State took the field on Saturday for its annual spring game in Ohio Stadium, and while there wasn’t necessarily any overarching storyline that came out of this year’s scrimmage, there were no shortage of individual players who stood out.
We begin this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays by talking about some of the biggest standouts from this year’s spring game, including players who have received plenty of post-spring game publicity like Kye Stokes and Jordan Hancock but also some players who deserve more attention for their spring game performances like Andre Turrentine, Noah Potter and Xavier Johnson.
We also consider how much playing time Evan Pryor could see at running back this year, what we make of Gee Scott Jr. and the tight ends’ performance in the spring game, why the offensive line remains Ryan Day’s biggest concern, what we took away from Kyle McCord and Devin Brown’s showings and what made Ohio State’s halftime tribute to Dwayne Haskins so powerful.
Before Saturday’s spring game, both of us also had the opportunity to attend the Ohio State football coaches’ clinic on Thursday and Friday, giving us a behind-the-scenes look at what Ohio State’s coaches are teaching their players. Dan shares (starting around the 30:30 mark and continuing around the 40-minute mark) what he learned about the new defensive scheme from watching Jim Knowles speak and Griffin explains why Larry Johnson’s presentation gave him a new lease on life.
In the final 20 minutes of the show, we discuss a handful of other news items from the past week including Jacolbe Cowan entering the transfer portal, why Ohio State is recruiting former USC kicker Parker Lewis, what Sevyn Banks could do at LSU, the commitments of Bryson Rodgers and Dijon Johnson and how Meechie Johnson’s departure makes it even more important for the Buckeyes to land a couple more high-quality players from the transfer portal.
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