Ryan Day said fourth-year lineman Josh Fryar will start the spring at left tackle, while second- and third-year linemen Tegra Tshabola and Zen Michalski will compete for the vacant right tackle positions. Along with the starting quarterback job, the tackle positions may be the most important for Ohio State to figure out this offseason given the losses of both Paris Johnson Jr. and Dawand Jones.
At least through one padless practice, though, Day didn’t see any glaring issues with the alignment. And as expected, second-year Buckeye Carson Hinzman and Louisiana-Monroe transfer Victor Cutler are the top two centers this spring as Ohio State works to replace Luke Wypler on the interior.
“We moved Josh to left, we felt like he had enough experience. He felt comfortable making that move, we'll see how that goes as we start to put the pads on," Day said. "It's hard with no pads, just the point of contact. But watching him move his feet, that was really good. We see Zen and Tegra on the other side, watch the film, kind of see where they're at. Carson's at center there, Vic’s at center. So first day, it's kind of hard to tell. But I don't think anybody looked out of place. And they're going against a good front; JT (Tuimoloau) and Jack (Sawyer) and Tyleik (Williams) and Ty (Hamilton). So we're gonna get a great evaluation as we head through 15 practices.”
