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FB/LB David Durham (transfer to Pittsburgh)

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Ohio State football: Freshman fullback to transfer
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Monday January 23, 2012

Add redshirt-freshman fullback David Durham to the players who won?t return to the Ohio State next season in the first year under coach Urban Meyer. Durham told The Dispatch last night he intends to transfer, though he hasn?t decided on a destination.

?I have really taken to playing the fullback position over the last year,? said Durham, who arrived from a private school in Charlotte, N.C., as a defensive end. ?Unfortunately, I will not have a significant opportunity to do this in coach Meyer?s spread offense.

?I love the Ohio State University and all of my teammates and coaches, and I really appreciate all of their support through this process. It will be tough to leave such a special place. I am exploring different options right now for my future.?
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Durham finds a home with Pitt

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Pittsburgh TDavid Durham on the sidelines during the University of Pittsburgh Spring football game Friday, April 12, 2013 in Bethel Park, Pa. (AP Photo/John Heller)

Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013
By Tony DeFazio Times College Football Correspondent

David Durham is used to moving.

As a child, Durham moved 1,200 miles from his native Charlotte, N.C., to Austin, Texas. There, he blossomed into a standout wrestler and football player at Westlake High School, earning all-district football honors as a defensive end.

As a Texas high school junior, Durham attended a wrestling camp in Columbus, Ohio, and crossed paths with then-Ohio State defensive coordinator Luke Fickell, who eventually offered a scholarship. Durham accepted on the spot.

Durham?s family then left Texas to move back to Charlotte for David?s senior year of high school. It didn?t take long for him to feel right at home, his 86 tackles and 9.5 sacks helping Charlotte Christian to the state finals in 2009.

By Durham?s second season at Ohio State, he had moved again ? this time across the line of scrimmage to fullback. And when Urban Meyer took over the Buckeyes? program after the 2011 season, Durham was on the move once more.

?They said that they weren?t going to use a fullback, H-back type of guy anymore,? Durham said. ?I wanted to be with coaches that had recruited me and I felt more comfortable going with a coaching staff that had recruited me.?

That led Durham to transfer to Pittsburgh, where various members of Paul Chryst?s staff had recruited him to Wisconsin while he was still a high school junior in Texas. If all of this sounds like a manic road trip, it was beginning to feel that way for Durham, too.

?In my mind, I was like, man, I don?t want to keep going back and forth (between offense and defense) so I came in, learned the tight end and fullback stuff, but also played defense,? he said. ?I think that I kept showing up a lot on defense last year. We did a lot of scrimmaging and obviously the bowl practice and spring ball, so I just kept moving up on the defensive side of the ball.?

Durham has moved all the way up. According to defensive ends coach John Palermo, the Ohio State transfer is ?clearly? a starter, although Palermo made an exception for converted linebacker Ejuan Price, who appears headed for a role as a designated pass rusher.

?I told the coaches one of my goals is to earn a higher percentage of the third down snaps,? Durham said. ?We are bringing in different personnel packages but I think I can do both equally well.?

Whether Durham is part of Pitt?s specialty pass-rush packages or not, it appears he has finally found a home, at least on the football field. He?s not surprised.

?It?s where I expected to be,? he said. ?I wouldn?t have come here and I wouldn?t have gone to Ohio State if I didn?t think I was going to be a major contributor and this is where I expected to be. I worked hard all offseason and I came into the spring and I think I?ve earned it.?
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