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LB Ross Homan (official thread)

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Lantern: It's Homan's time to shine

It's Homan's time to shine

Brad Hehmeyer


Issue date: 8/13/08 Section: Sports

The road to starter has been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride for sophomore linebacker, Ross Homan.

A heralded football prospect out of Coldwater High School just a few years ago, Homan has already shown glimpses of his potential, cracking the two-deep roster before the start of the 2006 season. That year Homan was ninth on the team in tackles with 28 and played in all 13 games.

Many people believed Homan was poised to have a breakout season last year, however, a turf toe injury during the Washington game ended his season abruptly.

"It was a tough year," Homan told Scout.com. "It was depressing, but everything happens for a reason, I just tried to get back on the field as soon as I could."

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He's back on his toes
Coming off painful injury, linebacker quickly works his way into starting lineup
Friday, August 29, 2008
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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RENEE SAUER Dispatch
Until suffering turf toe last season and missing 10 games, Ross Homan had been able to shake off injuries.

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CHRIS RUSSELL Dispatch
Ross Homan, sacking Carlton Jackson of Akron last season, was sharing duties at outside linebacker with Marcus Freeman until he suffered a painful turf toe injury at Washington.

When Ross Homan showed up to talk with members of the media midway through Ohio State's preseason camp this month, he sported a small brace on his right thumb.

"It's just a little jam I got in the scrimmage -- it's nothing," Homan said. "It will just be sore for a couple of days."

That's what linebackers do. If they get hurt -- a jammed thumb, bruised hip or broken finger -- they shake it off. It's part of the creed.

So when Homan limped off the field during a win over Washington last season, it was assumed he needed a few minutes until he was back at it again.

As a sophomore who had shown great promise the season before as a backup, he was competing with Marcus Freeman to start at weak-side linebacker. And through his career at Coldwater High School, including a Division IV championship run in 2005, Homan rarely left the field as a two-way star.

"I'd have little nagging things here and there, but I could always push through it and play," Homan said. "But this was one thing -- I could just not perform even 50 percent."

At Washington, he had suffered a turf toe sprain, which by name seemed innocuous. But it meant he had partly torn ligaments in his foot.

"It felt like I was stepping on nails every time I put some weight on it," Homan said.

He tried to shake it off. He even tried to play the next week.

"It wasn't like you could tape it up and just take some ibuprofen or some painkillers," Homan said. "It was constantly there. I just had to let it rest."
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"You could see -- he was a natural," Heacock said. "He was instinctive. He didn't know the defense, but he was always around the football and was real active in all of our scrimmages.

"We suspected he was going to be an outstanding linebacker down the line, but then injuries obviously slowed him down. But I don't think anybody doubted his potential."
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : He's back on his toes
 
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BIG DAY FOR HOMAN: Coldwater's Ross Homan had eight tackles on Saturday, one behind OSU leader James Laurinaitis' nine. The sophomore linebacker led in unassisted tackles with five and was on the field for around two-thirds of the defensive plays.

He said the defense, which produced four turnovers, tried to make something happen when the Buckeyes' offense struggled through most of the game.

"You try to get something going ... You react, you're down. The defense just goes out there and does everything we can to get the offense back on the field," Homan said.

Homan's eight tackles were a career high.
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HorticullyBuck;1252074; said:
he made some good tackles, but whats his 40 time? he always seemed a step or 2 behind freeman or #33
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Not sure, what his 40 times has to do with it but 4.56 out of high school sure he has picked it up a little. Freeman and JL are three-year starters Homan is a two game starter I am sure he is not as free flowing as those two yet, but he doing ok, third leading tackler on the team and leads in solo tackles after two games with about a third of the playing time.
 
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Despite injury, Homan delivers



Published:Thursday, October 9, 2008
By KEN GORDON
The Ohio State linebacker made 10 tackles with a numb shoulder.
COLUMBUS ? Ross Homan says he takes better care of his body this year, but that notion went out the window Saturday on Ohio State?s second defensive play at Wisconsin.
Homan, a linebacker, watched Badgers running back P.J. Hill take a handoff and head for a hole off right guard.
Now, Hill is a tree trunk, listed at 5-foot-11 and 239 pounds. And he had a running head start. Look under ?harm?s way? in the dictionary, and this was it.
Yet Homan ran forward to meet him. That?s what linebackers do. Hill lowered his head, and the collision snapped his helmet back up.
It looked just like any other solid tackle after a 5-yard gain. But what Homan didn?t tell anyone was that his right shoulder had just gone numb.
?Anytime you take on P.J. Hill ?? Homan said.
But he didn?t come out of the game ? not until two plays later when Ohio State forced a punt.
Then his teammates noticed something was wrong.
?He couldn?t even move his arm,? cornerback Shaun Lane said. ?When he came to the sideline, he couldn?t even take his helmet off, because the arm was so messed up.
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You can continue to play with a stinger once the initial shock wears off and you realize what it is and, more importantly, what it isn't. The first time I got one, I had no idea what had just happened and thought I might die right there on the field. A few later I wasn't sure whether I would be paralyzed when I hit the ground.

My concern for Homan is that stingers can become chronic very quickly and the risk of injury from backing off of the gas a little because you're aware of the potential repeat. His motor is one of his best qualities. Hopefully, this will just be an isolated thing.
 
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