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Elyria's Chase Farris looking to make an impact at Ohio State
Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
By NATE PENTECOST
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The Ohio State football team compiled a sparkling 12-0 record last season, but were ineligible for the Big Ten Championship game and likely missed out on a BCS Championship appearance due to findings of an investigation conducted by the NCAA.

Among those who felt the sting of the what-if 2012 campaign is Elyria graduate and Buckeyes? offensive lineman Chase Farris. Now in his third year with the program, Farris and his teammates will look to use that emotion as fuel for the upcoming season.

?You kind of felt like you put in all the work for no reason,? Farris said. ?But we got back on pace and now we?re trying to say something. It just makes you worker harder to be where you want to be.?

The 6-foot-4, 300-pounder saw the majority of his playing time on the special teams unit last season. He played a career-high 16 snaps from scrimmage against Illinois on Nov. 3, part of a career-high 26-play game.

Farris played both offensive and defensive line for the Pioneers, but excelled in particular at defensive end where he was a Division I First Team All-Ohio selection. The Buckeyes recruited him at the end position but he was moved to offensive line before the 2012 season.

?It was an adjustment, for sure,? Farris said. ?You?re going from attacking to sitting back and seeing what the defense is going to do.?

Complicating the transition more, Farris made the switch to offensive line before his first year of in-game action at the collegiate level. He was redshirted his freshman year due to a torn MCL.

Regarding the biggest difference between the high school and college game, Farris cited the same factor many others do: ?It?s extremely fast,? he said without hesitation.

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ant80 said:
Strange. Warinner had fought for him to be on the OL, so he switched positions. He was reportedly competing with Decker for the RT spot. And now, he's been moved to the DL? Very strange indeed.
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I actually take it as a good sign that they can move him over. Shows they're confident with the depth on the OL
 
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Chase is good enough to play at either spot, and he's comfortable enough to do the same. I don't think it'll be any issue for the staff to have him swing back halfway thru the season and I'd imagine in practice he'll get a few workouts in at OL just to keep it fresh and attend some meetings to stay on the same page. I don't see anything to indicate they have any worries about Chase at one spot or the either, we're lucky to have such a guy that can help on both lines when needed.
 
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Ohio State football: Elyria’s Chase Farris gets start, sack against Florida A&M
Filed on September 22, 2013 by Chronicle-Telegram Staff

COLUMBUS — Elyria High grad Chase Farris got the first start of his Ohio State career Saturday against Florida A&M, replacing the injured Michael Bennett on the defensive line.

The 6-foot-4, 308-pound redshirt sophomore didn’t have much time to prepare for his big moment.

“I didn’t find out until the first play of the game,” said Farris, a defensive lineman-turned offensive lineman-turned back into a defensive lineman. “They said, ‘Get ready, you’re going today.’ … You just know your number is being called and it’s time to go.

“It’s amazing, it’s really amazing. It definitely was a surprise. I wasn’t expecting it. I figured I’d get in sooner or later. But to start today was definitely amazing. My coaches trusted me to get into the game today.”

Farris made some plays, too, recording a sack for an 8-yard loss and tipping a pass at the line of scrimmage in OSU’s 76-0 win.

Bennett got a stinger in the Cal game last week and couldn’t play.

Farris said he’s much better suited to play the defensive line now than when he first got to Columbus out of Elyria High.

“Definitely, definitely,” he said. “When I was first moved to the D-line I was 275 (pounds). … They moved me to the O-line and now I’m back to the D-line at 310. It’s definitely a big difference. It’s more proportional for me to be 310 against somebody who is 310 instead of being 275.”
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- See more at: http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/...sack-against-florida-am/#sthash.xhBIAkNa.dpuf
 
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Farris was a 270-pound defensive lineman who flipped to the offensive line during preseason camp in 2012, fought for the starting right tackle job this spring and then a few days before the opener against Buffalo this season was moved back to defensive line after an injury to Tommy Schutt thinned the depth there. He was sitting at lunch less than an hour before practice when offensive coordinator Ed Warinner told him he'd be in the meeting room with defensive line coach Mike Vrabel from now on.

“When you're playing D-1 ball, a position move is pretty hard,” Farris said. “It just depends on the player and how well they adapt to the change.”


Farris felt he adapted even better to the second move than he had to the first. And after the first, he had positioned himself as the top backup on the offensive line. On the defensive line, he found out just before kickoff against Florida A&M last week that he'd be making his first career start in place of defensive tackle Michael Bennett, who was out with a stinger.
His day included his first career sack. A 275-pounder during his first go-round at defensive line, Farris plays at 310 pounds now and fees like a different player. That's 35 extra pounds for an offensive lineman to deal with.

“I wouldn't say they threw me around, but it was definitely easier for (opposing offensive linemen before),” Farris said. “It's more proportional for me to be 310, especially against someone else who's 310.”

Farris impressed Urban Meyer immediately after his switch with a great couple days of practice. He won't start against Wisconsin on Saturday, when the Badgers come in for an 8 p.m. kickoff, but he should stay part of the defensive line rotation. He knows what he's doing.

"You see a guy like Chase Farris have an opportunity to come over to defense," Fickell said. "Maybe he was not thriving as much on offense, but now all of a sudden there's a real opportunity and a light shining down that gives him a little bit more of that passion and energy and you can see him grow."
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For Farris, he said he'll do whatever the coaches want him to do. For now, that was moving back to defense again with no hesitation.

“I wanted to do whatever I could to help the team this season,” Farris said. “I'm just thankful for every moment I get to play on that field.”

So if the call would come to switch back, Farris said he'll be ready again.

“Wherever I'm needed, I'll go where my team needs me,” Farris said. “I prefer to play. That's all. I prefer to play.”
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/09/positions_switches_for_elyiria.html

Meet a Buckeye: Chase Farris
 
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