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Henry To'o To'o (LB Tennessee; transfer to Alabama)

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Position: Linebacker
College: Tennessee
High School: Concord (CA) De La Salle

Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 225 lbs
2020 Stats: 76 tackles, 10 TFLs, sack, interception, TD
Tennessee Volunteers Official Site said:
The leader of Tennessee's defense and a talented playmaker who has the potential to be one of the top linebackers in the country ... Has played in 23 games and made 22 starts during his career ... Led the Vols with 76 tackles and 10 tackles for loss as a sophomore in 2020 ... Had one of the finest freshman seasons of any defensive player in the country in 2019, earning Freshman All-America honors from several organizations ... His 72 tackles in 2019 ranked second among SEC freshman and fourth among FBS freshman.
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Henry is currently in the transfer portal, and there's already a lot of smoke concerning Ohio State.
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2021 tOSU Special Teams

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MIRCO HAS CHANCE TO BE STARTING PUNTER AS FRESHMAN
It didn’t come as a surprise, but the minute Drue Chrisman announced last week that he would not be returning to Ohio State for the 2021 season, it thrust Jesse Mirco into the conversation as the Buckeyes’ starting punter next fall.

That was already a likely scenario, but Chrisman’s decision made it official.

And now, with Mirco having signed with the program all the way back in September as the first official Buckeye in the 2021 class, the punter from Australia will be coming stateside with even more excitement. Which is saying something, because he was already itching to get to America when Eleven Warriors spoke with him in December about soon joining the program.

“I’ve been over there a couple times, once when I was 13 or 14, and I was over last year. But I haven’t actually been to Ohio yet so I’m looking forward to that,” Mirco said. “I’m excited for school and getting into the swing of things. It’s a bit hard when you’re stuck on the other side of the country so it’ll be nice to get around the boys and get to meet everyone.”

Though it’s been a long time since Mirco has gotten the opportunity to come to the United States, he says there isn’t any real anxiety about leaving his Australian home. When asked on a scale of 1-10 how nervous he was, he categorized it as just a “3.”

“I’m pretty excited to get over. There’s only so much training you can do before you get stuck into things and be around the guys and the facilities and get started,” said Mirco, admitting that it’s probably his parents who have the more bittersweet feelings. “They’re pretty excited as well. They’re happy for me to get over. Hopefully things get better with coronavirus for the season next year. They’re a little upset that I am leaving, I guess, but it’s a little sacrifice for a big reward.”
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“I guess they wanted someone that can do a little bit of everything,” Mirco said. “With the Aussie background and the Aussie punts you see a lot of in college these days and pooch punts is something we pride ourselves on. We’re pretty accurate there. And my spirals are still a work in progress, but it’s not too bad. Just gonna keep working on that and work on everything else, and hopefully I’ll give Coach Barnes plenty of opportunities to use me.”

Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that Mirco packs in another punch as a tackler with his background in Australian football.

“I’m sure it’ll be a different technique over there, but in Australian football I’ve grown up playing since I was four or five years old, we have full-contact tackling. No pads, no helmets,” Mirco said. “It’s pretty full-on, and tackling is a pretty big part of our game. It’s a pretty contested game and contact sport so it’s not anything new, but I’m sure we’ll work on it.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ith-opportunity-as-starting-punter-increasing

Just sayin': Remember what Jim Tressel says ........'The punt is the most important play in football'
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2021 tOSU Offense

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LEAP YEAR COMING
Knowing Ohio State had a deadly 1-2 punch in the receivers room with Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, I still expected true freshmen Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Julian Fleming to make a noticeable impact on the 2020 receiving stats.

The abbreviated season following an extremely short spring no doubt compromised their development but I did not expect a combined 17 catches for 121 yards from the duo.

Smith-Njigba had one of the highlight catches of the entire season but the fact his 10 catches (on 163 snaps) averaged 4.9 yards made me think it was a misprint at first. His longest catch of the season was 15 yards. Smith-Njigba proved to be a very effective downfield blocker especially for a first year player.

For his part, Fleming had seven catches on 128 offensive snaps and seemed a little of out sync at times, dropping a few balls despite being wide open.

Under the watchful eye of Brian Hartline, I expect both players to make huge leaps next fall as they earn their position coach's trust, allowing him to revert back to a more even distribution of snaps among his top four guys.

Just sayin': Also throw Jayden Ballard, Marvin Harrison Jr, and Emeka Egbuka in the mix.
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