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Quick Hits: Justin Frye Says Ohio State’s O-Line Has “A Lot More Still to Go” This Spring, Josh Fryar Likes Playing Both Guard and Tackle and Seth McLaughlin is “Head Over Heels” to Be a Buckeye
Justin Frye says he’s “still trying to find five” starters on the O-line, Josh Fryar likes playing both guard and tackle and Seth McLaughlin is “head over heels” to be a Buckeye.
QUICK HITS: JUSTIN FRYE SAYS OHIO STATE’S O-LINE HAS “A LOT MORE STILL TO GO” THIS SPRING, JOSH FRYAR LIKES PLAYING GUARD AND TACKLE AND SETH MCLAUGHLIN IS “HEAD OVER HEELS” TO BE A BUCKEYE
- On where Ohio State offensive line needs to improve the most this offseason: “We’re working on the right side. No, we’re still trying to find five. We’re going in platoons. We’re seeing who works well with each other, what spots and how that works. We just just finished (practice) nine. We got a lot more still to go.”
- On who has stood out after nine practices: “We got some guys competing on the left side. We got some young guys. Austin (Siereveld) has been doing a good job coming up. Donovan (Jackson) had a really good plan in the offseason coming out, and he’s been attacking that stuff – the second level and some of the stuff we really honed in on. As a whole, the whole group, we’re still trying to find those five, and what that is I don’t have an answer.”
- “Good gradable reps versus obviously a very good defensive front. As we come out of this thing, we’re gonna have a good picture for where we’re heading.” Frye said Ohio State will find its five best offensive linemen through grading: “As we grade, you can see the guys who grade well in critical situations. We have to put them in third-and-long situations. We have to put them in coming outs. We have to put them in short yardage. You have to manufacture enough of those so you can see in critical situations how these guys respond.”
- Frye said competition will help Ohio State find its top five offensive linemen: “The cream always rises to the top.” He added: “If you’re going against Tyleik (Williams), if you’re going against Ty (Hamilton), if you’re going against Hero (Kanu) and (Kayden McDonald) and these guys now, we’re getting really good gradable reps that way.”
- On Carson Hinzman: “He had a great offseason. It all started in the weight room with (strength coach Mick Marotti). His weight is up. He’s thick. He has always been an explosive guy, but he’s playing with a little bit of power behind him. He’s learning to do that. And then it’s natural maturation for all those guys in just his class alone. You’re talking him, you’re talking George, you’re talking Tegra, those guys are going into year three. That’s when you really start to figure it out – your body, the speed of the game, your fundamentals. He’s done a good job of adapting and really growing himself on a pace that you need to for a young guy that’s coming out of the fire last year.”
- On Seth McLaughlin: “He just jumped right in. (He did an) unbelievable job both ways of him coming in shoving the ego, which he really had none, and walking into a room – as we told him when we recruited him – with a bunch of good dudes. And then our good dudes are good dudes. … There’s a learning curve there, but he’s been through a little bit of spring ball, and he’s been through a little bit of camp, but he’s still learning new terminology and learning a new skill set. But he dove right in and wanted to be a sponge, wanted to learn. He’s improving every day.”
- On Luke Montgomery: “You can’t make moves or shift guys if they’re not mentally there. For him, he’s got a pretty good football (IQ). He’s growing every day, and he’s working. He’s getting beat every day, too, and he’s learning from that in the springtime. … Whether he’s coming in and watching the tape on his own and coming with questions or he’s grabbing me and watching tape with me, he’s learning so the game can slow down and he can get more comfortable with the friction. His weight is up. His strength is up. He spent an offseason with Mick. There’s a lot of development that still has to be had – he’s obviously not a finished product – but mentally for a guy to handle that helps a lot.”
- Frye said Ian Moore, Devontae Armstrong and Deontae Armstrong goal for their freshman year should be to “keep their head above water” and work on their physical and mental development.
- Frye said Josh Fryar “could play all five” offensive line positions, mentioning that Frye played center and snapped the ball in high school. He added: “Josh has had a great offseason.”
- Frye said he “would have laughed” if someone told him two years ago that Chip Kelly would follow him to Ohio State and become the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator. “But then I would have said, ‘It’s college football, so who knows?’”
- On Chip Kelly: “He’s one of those guys that goes in the category that’s forgotten more football than some people have learned in their life. I believe he’s coached every position on both sides of the field, both sides of the ball, through his whole career. … He provides a really good vision of the big picture and understanding the next step, not just being in the right now.”
- On Tegra Tshabola: “He was competing his butt off. He’s kind of living that way. That’s why we have that red line over there. When you cross the line, and Coach (Ryan) Day talks about that here, the game doesn’t care. You have to come out and do your job. The game doesn’t care about anything off the field. That can sound negative and harsh, but then if you spin your tone, isn’t it beautiful that the game doesn’t care? It doesn’t care about your skin color, your socioeconomic background or where you come from. If you do it the right way, the game will love you back. … For Tegra, he’s taken that approach. He wants to come in and be the guy.”
- On Josh Simmons: “I think the game is slowing down for him. Those mistakes that may have showed up or the questions he may have had through the fall and the season, those are starting to erase a little bit, which is good. His communication level – he’s just talking more, which is probably the best thing he’s done so far. He’s a highly, highly talented guy. We’re just developing the skills, the discipline. … Volume and communication equals confidence. He’s playing much more confident right now.”
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