DottingTheEyes - Analyzing the impact as Ohio State lands transfer OL Josh Simmons
Simmons brings a full season of starting experience at San Diego State and has three years of eligibility remaining.
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Diego-Bucks
Lost in Canada
Pretty cool Aztec-Buckeye connection! Hope he can come in and contribute.
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scarletngray
Gold Pants
Wondering who ends up backing up Josh Fryar at LT. Is it Simmons? Does Zen move back to LT?
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I think the best two OTs play with the roster we have honestly regardless of fit. If Simmons is one of those two, then roll with him and Fryar (I think Fryar is a lock for one spot). If Zen, Tegra or Fitz breaks through to win the job, then great. Hell, Montgomery could break through, though it is tough for a frosh OL to lock down a spot really.
Regardless of how it plays out, I am encouraged that the staff is getting the guys in to compete for the spot. Glad we are just not ignoring the issue there. May the best man win, but good pickup with Simmons.
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I am praying this move puts Fryar back at right tackle where he excelled and allows us to get depth at the position. If we do that I'll be much less concerned about this team.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
May mean something, may mean nothing but it’s refreshing to see he put furthering his academic career in front of football career.
Also, I feel like garbage man (Hoke) at least knows OLines so maybe we got a good one. Either way, good to have a bodies competing.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
OHIO STATE ADDED JOSH SIMMONS AS TRANSFER OFFENSIVE TACKLE BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL TOOLS, STARTING EXPERIENCE AND EXISITING RELATIONSHIP WITH JUSTIN FRYE
When Josh Simmons entered the transfer portal this spring, Justin Frye was already plenty familiar with the former San Diego State offensive tackle.As the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at UCLA, Frye offered Simmons a scholarship to play for the Bruins after Simmons camped in Westwood in 2019. Having already worked hands-on with Simmons at that camp and gotten to know Simmons through the recruiting process made Frye more comfortable with bringing Simmons to Columbus to fill Ohio State’s need for a transfer offensive tackle.
“The camp’s always the best, from my mind because you’re hands-on with the kids. So we had a really good time, I recruited him there for a while,” said Frye, who is now entering his second year as Ohio State’s offensive line coach. “Just having some common ground of being able to work with him before and being out there with him is obviously a huge help.”
What made Simmons an intriguing prospect to Frye four years ago and once again when he entered the transfer portal after two years at SDSU? Frye said that starts with Simmons’ physical tools as a 6-foot-6, 305-pound offensive tackle.
“He's got a great frame, he’s got good length. He's got twitch, he's got burst. He's got a lot of tools that you look for,” Frye said. “I offered him out of high school at my last place because I felt like he had a chance to be a really good player. So it’s not something like a guy just popped on the scene, he's been a player.”
Secondly, Simmons has something that many other offensive tackles who entered the transfer portal didn’t: Significant experience at the collegiate level. Simmons started all 13 games at right tackle for the Aztecs last season, giving Frye plenty of game tape to evaluate. And Frye liked what he saw well enough to feel confident Simmons can be an Ohio State-caliber tackle.
“If you were taking another guy out of the portal that maybe really doesn't have a lot of tape, you're relying more on what you've seen before possibly or some other things or really just necessity of need,” Frye said. “But for him, it was good, because I had hands-on, I had a prior relationship, I'd been out there for so many years and being around the right people to ask the right questions. And then you could press play for 13 games and watch him do it.”
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
Seems solid in pass protection and less solid in run blocking. That seems fairly natural for a tall frame like his in only his second year out of HS. Hopefully the Ohio State S&C and coaching will help with that.
Birm also mentioned Simmons as a player that is doing so well that it might encourage Ohio State to be more aggressive in the transfer portal in the future.
Overall, I’m cautiously optimistic about his ability to help solidify the OL this season.
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osu won a title because they had easily the least popular recruit in osu history (since 02) in Baldwin ( EVERYONE was wrong about him), anchoring the line. Jacoby would have joined him if not for his last name.
they couldn't repeat with a juggernaut because they couldn't replace Baldwin.
stars aren't very useful at this spot. they help but not nearly the same way
they couldn't repeat with a juggernaut because they couldn't replace Baldwin.
stars aren't very useful at this spot. they help but not nearly the same way
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I agree. Seemed like he lost his edge a few times in that game and didnt follow through on his blocks. Learn to be a mean sumbitch out there and every play look to lay someone out is how I like to see the Oline, ala Dawand Jones. It might take him a summer in Columbus to find that in himself. Let's hope so.
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Obviously you want an OT solid in pass pro and run blocking. But for this season, I would prefer pass pro to be a strength with a new QB. Hopefully Simmons is good at both though after some Coach Mic time.
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