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2011 Secondary, or DBs, Discussion

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Projected starting secondary

My thoughts:

CB: Travis Howard
CB: Doran Grant (pending commitment)
FS: Bryant
SS: Barnett
Star: Moeller

Nickel: Dominic Clarke or Bryant with Ohrian Johnson coming in at the Safety spot.

Not to forget: Corey Brown, Dionte Allen and Bradley Roby. I think Brown and Roby have the physical skills to compete for a starting spot, but they probably don't have enough game experience to actually do so.

Do we redshirt Cash and Tanner? Gambrell seems destined for the redshirt, but I have a hard time seeing both Cash and Tanner redshirting when they seem like they could be solid special teamers (a horrendous 2010 weakness).

A lot of talent to work with, not necessarily a lot of game experience to base the decisions on.
 
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Diego-Bucks;1850200; said:
Projected starting secondary

My thoughts:

CB: Travis Howard
CB: Doran Grant (pending commitment)
FS: Bryant
SS: Barnett
Star: Moeller

Nickel: Dominic Clarke or Bryant with Ohrian Johnson coming in at the Safety spot.

Not to forget: Corey Brown, Dionte Allen and Bradley Roby. I think Brown and Roby have the physical skills to compete for a starting spot, but they probably don't have enough game experience to actually do so.

Do we redshirt Cash and Tanner? Gambrell seems destined for the redshirt, but I have a hard time seeing both Cash and Tanner redshirting when they seem like they could be solid special teamers (a horrendous 2010 weakness).

A lot of talent to work with, not necessarily a lot of game experience to base the decisions on.
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How about formerly highly-touted recruits Nate Oliver and Jamie Wood? And Domicone has seemed to be listed in the 2-deep at times... CB has some question marks but there looks to be great depth at safety (and in turn special teams I'd think).
 
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What about FSU transfer Dionte Allen? He was highly touted coming out of high school but don't know how well he did at FSU. Seeing as how he was with the team and has now had 4 years of college lifting he could have a leg up on the newcomers. Doran will push for pt though cause he is just a stud. Clarke and Bryant looked pretty good last night after not having played in a while. Lot's of young talent back there, and God please let Tyler stay healthy for all of next year he def has earned it.
 
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Secondary brimming with depth
Injuries last season gave young players lots of experience
Sunday, January 23, 2011
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

CORNERBACK

Lock to start: Travis Howard

Definitely competing: Corey Brown, Dominic Clarke

Could be in mix: Dionte Allen, Donnie Evege, Doran Grant

SAFETY/NICKEL BACK

Lock to start: C.J. Barnett, Tyler Moeller

Definitely competing: Christian Bryant, Orhian Johnson

Could be in mix: Zach Domicone, Nate Oliver, Jamie Wood
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Losing three senior starters should be no big deal for the Ohio State secondary. This is a unit that knows how to deal with losses.

The Buckeyes bid farewell to both starting cornerbacks from 2010, Chimdi Chekwa and Devon Torrence, and starting free safety Jermale Hines, who could all be on NFL rosters this fall.

Along with departing senior safety Aaron Gant, that's 41 starts leaving Columbus.

But because the secondary dealt with an almost laughable number of injuries in 2010, it should be reasonably well equipped to handle those departures.

First, promising sophomore C.J. Barnett went down in week two with a season-ending knee injury. Three weeks later, senior nickel back Tyler Moeller was lost to a torn chest muscle.

In the three weeks following Moeller's loss, two freshmen also were lost: cornerback Corey Brown to a knee injury and safety Christian Bryant to a foot infection that required surgery.

Gant stepped into a more prominent role, but so did sophomore cornerback Travis Howard, who was impressive late in the season.

And finally, Chekwa left the Sugar Bowl at the end of the first quarter because of a dislocated wrist. That meant significant action for cornerback Dominic Clarke and the return of Bryant after 21/2 months of inaction.

The upshot of all the mayhem is that a number of young players saw more playing time than anyone expected, which should ease Ohio State's pain when making the transition into 2011.

"On the negative side, we had to throw some guys into the fire that we didn't plan on," defensive coordinator Jim Heacock said. "But the good news is, now we've got some guys coming back who have been in the fire and performed under some pretty good scrutiny and did all right."

Cont...
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...23/secondary-brimming-with-depth.html?sid=101
 
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Ohio State football notebook: With two jobs open, cornerbacks step up
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
By Ken Gordon and Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Dionte Allen is doing his best to make sure the Ohio State cornerback competition is not over before it starts.

A transfer from Florida State who sat out last year, Allen, a senior, was impressive yesterday in the 30 minutes of practice that reporters were allowed to watch. He intercepted a Taylor Graham pass and had several nice tackles.

The Buckeyes are replacing both of their starting corners from 2010, Chimdi Chekwa and Devon Torrence.

Allen is running with the second team at the moment, behind starters Travis Howard and Dominic Clarke. Those two might be tough to supplant - Howard because he was impressive as the third cornerback for most of last season, and Clarke because he apparently has taken a big leap forward entering his third year in the program.

Clarke was thrown into the Sugar Bowl in January unexpectedly after Chekwa suffered a wrist injury near the end of the first quarter.

"I think he gained confidence," coach Jim Tressel said of Clarke. "In fact, I was talking with (former OSU star corner) Malcolm Jenkins and I said, 'It's interesting to watch Dominic - he always had great ability, he was young, and now we've kind of seen a little bit of transformation from him, not unlike you, Malc.'

" 'When you were moving along in age ... all of a sudden, your career took off. We've seen a little bit of that from Dominic.' "
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...wo-jobs-open-cornerbacks-step-up.html?sid=101
 
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Mr. Evege is a very well spoken young man. I'm sorry to see the injury end his opportunity to compete in the spring, but hopefully it does not keep him out the entire season.

Good to see three guys in the mix on first team!
 
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Rookie;1906923; said:
Mr. Evege is a very well spoken young man. I'm sorry to see the injury end his opportunity to compete in the spring, but hopefully it does not keep him out the entire season.

Good to see three guys in the mix on first team!
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Early on before I knew much about DE I saw him bouncing around on the sidelines and celebrating great plays by his team. He's always impressed me as being a team first kind of guy. Here's to hoping that he gets back soon!

Keep that head up young man!
 
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