Caden Curry needed only a dozen plays to show why he was one of Ohio State’s most coveted targets in the recruiting class of 2022.
Over the course of 12 defensive snaps last Saturday against Arkansas State – the first defensive snaps of his Ohio State career – Curry recorded four tackles.
He kicked off his second defensive series as a Buckeye by exploding off the edge and burying Arkansas State running back Ja’Quez Cross for a tackle for loss six yards behind the line of scrimmage, then bounced off of two blockers to tackle quarterback A.J. Mayer at the line of scrimmage one play later. He kicked off Ohio State’s next defensive series by splitting two blockers to stop a run for a gain of only two yards, and bounced off a block to make another tackle on his first play on the field on Ohio State’s final defensive series of the game.
That wasn’t all Curry showed in his defensive debut. On one of his first plays in the game, Curry drew the assignment of covering a running back on a wheel route out of the backfield and showed the speed to run stride-for-stride with the smaller back – an impressive feat for a defender who was playing defensive tackle for a high school team just a year ago.
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