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OL Carson Hinzman (Official Thread)

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CARSON HINZMAN NOT DWELLING ON COTTON BOWL BENCHING, VIEWS LAST SEASON AS “DEVELOPMENTAL YEAR” AS HE COMPETES FOR STARTING CENTER JOB AGAIN​

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Carson Hinzman’s first playing season at Ohio State ended on an inauspicious note.

After starting all 12 of the Buckeyes’ regular-season games at center, Hinzman didn’t play a single snap in the Cotton Bowl. Matt Jones, who had been the Buckeyes’ starting right guard all season, slid over to center for the season finale against Missouri while Enokk Vimahi took Hinzman’s place at right guard.

Even though Ohio State’s offensive line struggled mightily throughout its season-ending 14-3 loss, the Buckeyes never put Hinzman in the game. Ryan Day said after the game that Hinzman had been “having a tough time the last couple of weeks in practice,” prompting the decision to replace him in the lineup for the bowl game.

Three months later, Hinzman says he has no hard feelings about the benching.

“The decision that the coaches made, I fully supported. I fully support what's best for the team at the time. And that's what it was,” Hinzman said Monday in his first interview session since the Cotton Bowl. “I don't really read anything too much into it. But that's the decision they made and all I could do is get ready and compete for this next year.”
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He’s clearly a top 6 OL when Simmons was healthy and a top 5 OL when Simmons went down.

I really like this OL lineup. Maybe not as pass pro heavy as the original line up but when you basically are playing 5 interior guys that’s a mauling type of group.

I look forward to see how they develop that for sure. I know Jackson gave up a few sacks but I thought all the sacks Howard had enough time. Can’t hold forever and it didn’t seem like we really helped a ton for Jackson either.
 
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sg86 said:
He went on some podcast late last season when he shouldn’t have and it was not well received. I don’t think he was formally suspended or anything though.
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It definitely got him in the doghouse ( wrongly in my opinion) He talked about how they weren't really prioritizing O line recruiting and didn't want to pay big NIL money to linemen. He was right about what he said the powers that be didn't like it. That's a big reason he didn't play in the Cotton Bowl disaster.
 
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