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Sam Hubbard should set the tone for Ohio State’s defense against Rutgers
The sophomore DE is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the Scarlet Knights.
Look, it’s hard to find room for improvement for a defense that didn’t allow a touchdown until its third game of the season. The Ohio State Buckeyes have been suffocating their opponents, full stop.
But this young defense can get better, at least according to the advanced stats. That’s great news for Buckeye fans, and should be terrifying for everyone else. They’re already forcing turnovers at an astonishing clip, they’ve got a ballhawking secondary without much to be afraid of, and they’re stocked with blue-chip talent from top to bottom.
The Buckeyes get Rutgers this week, which is just about the best-case scenario for a Big Ten team coming off a bye. Ohio State should roll to an easy win here—they’re favored by a slim 37-point margin—but in order to do that, the defense is going to have to keep up the relentless pace they’ve been working at. And that could all start with one man.
The Stats
Name: Sam Hubbard
Number: 6
Position: Defensive end
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6’5
Weight: 266
One of the linchpins of Ohio State’s defense is second-year defensive end Sam Hubbard. The Buckeyes are so loaded on the edges that Hubbard, who would definitively start on just about every team in the country, has gotten an “OR” designation on the depth chart alongside junior Jayln Holmes all season. Hubbard and Holmes have Nick Bosa playing behind them as well, so it’s a position that gets a good deal of rotation for the Buckeyes. Hubbard is no stranger to this. He backed up Nick’s brother Joey last season, starting for the elder Bosa during a short suspension and then appearing down the line from him whenever the Buckeyes switched into their “Rushmen” package.
Entire article: http://www.landgrantholyland.com/20...rd-defense-notre-dame-lacrosse-janarion-grant
The sophomore DE is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the Scarlet Knights.
Look, it’s hard to find room for improvement for a defense that didn’t allow a touchdown until its third game of the season. The Ohio State Buckeyes have been suffocating their opponents, full stop.
But this young defense can get better, at least according to the advanced stats. That’s great news for Buckeye fans, and should be terrifying for everyone else. They’re already forcing turnovers at an astonishing clip, they’ve got a ballhawking secondary without much to be afraid of, and they’re stocked with blue-chip talent from top to bottom.
The Buckeyes get Rutgers this week, which is just about the best-case scenario for a Big Ten team coming off a bye. Ohio State should roll to an easy win here—they’re favored by a slim 37-point margin—but in order to do that, the defense is going to have to keep up the relentless pace they’ve been working at. And that could all start with one man.
The Stats
Name: Sam Hubbard
Number: 6
Position: Defensive end
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6’5
Weight: 266
One of the linchpins of Ohio State’s defense is second-year defensive end Sam Hubbard. The Buckeyes are so loaded on the edges that Hubbard, who would definitively start on just about every team in the country, has gotten an “OR” designation on the depth chart alongside junior Jayln Holmes all season. Hubbard and Holmes have Nick Bosa playing behind them as well, so it’s a position that gets a good deal of rotation for the Buckeyes. Hubbard is no stranger to this. He backed up Nick’s brother Joey last season, starting for the elder Bosa during a short suspension and then appearing down the line from him whenever the Buckeyes switched into their “Rushmen” package.
Entire article: http://www.landgrantholyland.com/20...rd-defense-notre-dame-lacrosse-janarion-grant
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