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Quick Hits: James Laurinaitis Says Sonny Styles Has Made a “Smooth Transition” to LB, Caleb Downs Calls Ohio State “The Place to Be” and Quinshon Judkins Is Excited to Work With Carlos Locklyn

James Laurinaitis says Sonny Styles has made a “smooth transition” to linebacker and Caleb Downs calls Ohio State “the place to be.”
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QUICK HITS: JAMES LAURINAITIS SAYS SONNY STYLES HAS MADE A “SMOOTH TRANSITION” TO LB, CALEB DOWNS CALLS OHIO STATE “THE PLACE TO BE” AND QUINSHON JUDKINS IS EXCITED TO WORK WITH CARLOS LOCKLYN​

  • On how he’s acclimating to Ohio State: “It feels like this is the place to be. I'm glad to be here. My family’s been up here. I’m feeling good.”
  • On adjusting to new teammates and coaches: “It’s always new just to be around different people, people that you haven’t spent time with. Building relationships is a big thing for me, so just trying to grow my relationships with my teammates and trying to learn more about each of them.”
  • Downs is renowned for his preparation off the field, a work ethic he said his father built in him. “Ever since I was a kid, my dad always instilled in me and my brother to work hard and just be around football. Be around what we want to be good at. After (interviews) I’ll go watch more film, do a little schoolwork, then later tonight I’ll probably come back and watch some film again.”
  • Downs watches a lot of different styles of football and styles of safety in his film sessions. Jevon Holland (Miami) and Antoine Winfield Jr. (Tampa Bay) are among his favorites to observe.
  • A lot of what Downs is doing at Ohio State is “the same” as it was at Alabama, but there are “little differences” in the Buckeyes’ defense.
  • On Columbus: “I love the city. I love High Street, I love being in the city. I love the restaurants here, the food is great here.”
  • On rumors that he may enter the transfer portal again after his former teammate Kadyn Proctor returned to Alabama after transferring to Iowa this spring: “I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything, because at the end of the day, I’m still here at practice. I’m still here with my teammates. I feel my actions speak for themselves. ... I support him. But I’m here.”
  • On how he can build off his breakout freshman campaign: “Just being better in coverage, being better in the post, being better in my tackling, being a better communicator with my teammates. All that I think I can offer to the team, but at the end of the day, it’s gotta be a team collective.”
  • Downs believes Ohio State’s defense last year was “very elite” and he’s excited to be part of the group. “I can only do my part. I can only do my 1/11th, and do my job every play I can. I can’t try to do more than that, and every other player has to do his job and we’ll do what we need to do.”
  • Count Downs among those with high praise for Jeremiah Smith, who he expects to have a “big impact” this year. He said Emeka Egbuka and Carnell Tate have also looked great this spring.
  • On how much he’s been rolling between safety spots: “Every day I take reps at all three spots. It helps you understand and learn the defense from a new perspective. Being able to see the ball from the boundary safety, see the ball from the nickel spot, being able to see the ball from the dime. It helps you be able to see the whole game and understand everything that goes on around you.”
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Just sayin': It doesn't sound like he intends to transfer back to Alabama......:boogie:
 
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ScriptOhio said:
  • On Columbus: “I love the city. I love High Street, I love being in the city. I love the restaurants here, the food is great here.”.

  • Just sayin': It doesn't sound like he intends to transfer back to Alabama......:boogie:
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Probably obvious to everyone else, but it didn’t occur to me till just now

Columbus is a much bigger draw to kids with NIL money weighing down their pockets

I remember being at Ohio State when Spielman was there and how he’d talk about how bad he and some of the other guys were struggling. What did they care about nice restaurants that they couldn’t afford?

It’s a different world

I remember some saying it (NIL) was a permanent advantage for the SEC

Not over Columbus fellas
Not over the Buckeyes
 
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His work ethic and discipline are renowned by his coaches. Guerrieri said that Downs is in the film room “more than anybody on the entire defense.” Downs credits such an approach to his father Gary, who played running back in the NFL for seven seasons.

“Ever since I was a kid, my dad always instilled in me and my brother to work hard and just be around football,” Downs said. “Be around what we want to be good at. After (interviews) I’ll go watch more film, do a little schoolwork, then later tonight I’ll probably come back and watch some film again.”

That game knowledge and dedication to craft is why there’s an anticipation that Downs will make such an impact all over the field for Ohio State, as he did for the Crimson Tide.

“Every day, I take reps at all three spots,” Downs said. “It helps you understand and learn the defense from a new perspective. Being able to see the ball from the boundary safety, see the ball from the nickel spot, being able to see the ball from the dime. It helps you be able to see the whole game and understand everything that goes on around you.”

"HE'S SPECIAL. HE'S REALLY SPECIAL. HE'S REALLY SPECIAL."– MATT GUERRIERI ON CALEB DOWNS
 
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