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Third-year nickel safety Cameron Martinez went from backup to starter in a matter of days last week.
After it became known to the team that graduate Tanner McCalister, Ohio State’s normal frontman at the position, would be unavailable against Toledo Sept. 17, Martinez received word that he’d be starting against the Rockets.
“I think that’s why you come here,” Martinez said. “You go through all those things (in the offseason), trials and tribulations and just to be able to let it all out on the field, just have fun. For a minute I had to kind of take a moment, just to see what was around me. Just like the atmosphere and the environment, I was just taking that all in as well.”
Behind its regular starting trio of McCalister, fourth-year Ronnie Hickman and fifth-year Josh Proctor, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day feels confident in the storeroom his team has at safety.
“We do have some depth at that position, which I think is going to be important as we head in
As they say in football it's "next man up"......
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