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OT Josh “Jimmy” Simmons (Official Thread)

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pnuts34 said:
You can also throw in another unheralded OL(who was recruited on the DL), Chase Farris.
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Who was heralded as having the versatility to go both ways, and the toughness (none have been as maligned as Baldwin on the list of osu signees in the online recruiting era).

Yet Baldwin was much more successful at RT.

It's a really big gamble with all OL.
 
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jwinslow said:
Who was heralded as having the versatility to go both ways, and the toughness (none have been as maligned as Baldwin on the list of osu signees in the online recruiting era).

Yet Baldwin was much more successful at RT.

It's a really big gamble with all OL.
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Yup. OL is easily the hardest position to forecast from HS to college. There was a time when Isiah Prince was supposed to be the next great OSU OT…
 
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How much fight have you got in ya? That’s what I’d want to know.

Yeah I know you have to bend and have long arms, etc but do you actually enjoy putting someone on their ass and you NEVER quit? Then you are my guy.
 
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  • Day confirmed that Josh Simmons will start at left tackle against Indiana, with Carson Hinzman leading at center and Josh Fryar at right tackle. He added that this has been the best football right guard Matthew Jones has played.
  • Day said Simmons has “talent off the chart, ability off the chart.” Just needs more reps to continue molding. His experience at San Diego State has helped some, but it’s a different animal at Ohio State, something that Simmons has acknowledged to Day previously.
 
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brodybuck21 said:
  • Day confirmed that Josh Simmons will start at left tackle against Indiana, with Carson Hinzman leading at center and Josh Fryar at right tackle. He added that this has been the best football right guard Matthew Jones has played.
  • Day said Simmons has “talent off the chart, ability off the chart.” Just needs more reps to continue molding. His experience at San Diego State has helped some, but it’s a different animal at Ohio State, something that Simmons has acknowledged to Day previously.
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I was so happy to hear Day say that, Simmons is much more of a natural fit at LT and same with Fryar at RT. Simmons was our best transfer portal pickup (Davison a very close second), so that is just a huge sigh of relief...obviously need to see him play, but it sounds like Josh is starting to really impress and we need him big.
 
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To me he's the key to the season and the biggest question mark. I think Hinzman and Fryar, especially getting closer to the end of the season, should be able to give you pretty close to what Wypler and Jones did. All due respect to Wyper and Jones, that's a guy who didn't make All B1G and a 3rd teamer and a 6th and 4th round pick. Those kind of guys should not be irreplaceable at Ohio St. But replacing Johnson is a different thing, especially with a relative unknown in Simmons, especially at LT.
 
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Tanner said:
To me he's the key to the season and the biggest question mark. I think Hinzman and Fryar, especially getting closer to the end of the season, should be able to give you pretty close to what Wypler and Jones did. All due respect to Wyper and Jones, that's a guy who didn't make All B1G and a 3rd teamer and a 6th and 4th round pick. Those kind of guys should not be irreplaceable at Ohio St. But replacing Johnson is a different thing, especially with a relative unknown in Simmons, especially at LT.
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I agree but for a slightly different reason.

Fryar has started before and has played very well. In fact we were all discussing how we thought Fryar might have played better than Big Thanos when he had a chance. We can hide any liability at center generally because of the players next to him and Fryar at the very least is good. If Simmons can hold his own that opens up the pass game big time and takes this OL unit from good to great.
 
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Tanner said:
To me he's the key to the season and the biggest question mark. I think Hinzman and Fryar, especially getting closer to the end of the season, should be able to give you pretty close to what Wypler and Jones did. All due respect to Wyper and Jones, that's a guy who didn't make All B1G and a 3rd teamer and a 6th and 4th round pick. Those kind of guys should not be irreplaceable at Ohio St. But replacing Johnson is a different thing, especially with a relative unknown in Simmons, especially at LT.
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This 100%. Fryar is a proven commodity, as are D Jackson and M Jones. That is going to help Hinzman a ton and he should be a very capable replacement to Wypler. So I view LG, C, RG and RT as likely being in good hands.

Replacing PJ is impossible at LT, but if we see minimal drop-off then imo that is going to lead to a very successful offense. But it is a huge question mark on how Simmons steps up to higher and more regular competition. He has the build and athleticism of a LT without a doubt, but he is the biggest question mark to me as well...everywhere else I think we are good at on both sides of the ball.
 
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If one buys into Pro Football Focus grades, Simmons had his highest-marked game against Minnesota (87.4) in Week 12. He only allowed three combined pressures in Ohio State’s final five regular season games.

“I think it was just awareness,” Simmons said of the jump he took. “The other thing is chemistry, knowing how (left guard Donovan Jackson) plays and the communications and how everything works. And really just understanding football, how defensive linemen work. You’re going against the best of the best, (defensive line coach Larry Johnson) and his Rushmen (in practice). I think that’s where it grew for me.”

Entering year two as the Buckeyes’ starting left tackle, Simmons is eager to take the next step in his development now that he’s had his feet on the ground in Columbus for a year. Ditto Ohio State’s entire front five.

“I think the game’s slowing down for him,” offensive line coach Justin Frye said. “Those mistakes that may have shown up or questions that he had through the fall and as we got going through the season, those are starting to erase a little bit, which is good.”

There were certainly rough patches for Simmons in his first season.

Not only was his first handful of games stacked with several lapses on the blocking front, but the penalty issues that plagued him at San Diego State – the school he transferred to Ohio State from in the summer of 2023 – continued their pestilence with his new team.

After being flagged 17 times in 2022 with the Aztecs, the most among the country’s offensive linemen, Simmons got hit with seven penalties in his first eight games as a Buckeye.

In a great sign of development, however, he only drew one flag in his final five contests of 2023, including none in November.

“Physically, obviously, you’ve gotta be ready, but mentally, that’s where you’ve gotta start tightening up a little bit,” Simmons said. “You start playing in those Notre Dame games, those Penn State games, you realize a penalty like that can destroy the whole game. Once you look at it through that lens, you know that those are a no-no, it can’t happen.”

“YOU START PLAYING IN THOSE NOTRE DAME GAMES, THOSE PENN STATE GAMES, YOU REALIZE A PENALTY LIKE THAT CAN DESTROY THE WHOLE GAME.”– JOSH SIMMONS ON HOW HE CORRECTED HIS PENALTY ISSUES
 
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