S Jordan Fuller (All B1G, 3x Academic All-American, Super Bowl Champion, Carolina Panthers)

[ScriptOhio]

Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘If you go at lunchtime it’s not expensive’

A Fuller Awareness
The Ohio State defense had their struggles in the first week of the season against Oregon State. Small plays became big plays, and those plays cast the entire Buckeye defense in a poor light.

One of the reasons for those big plays, however, was the absence of junior safety Jordan Fuller.

Fuller stepped in last season for the departed Malik Hooker and played well enough to keep people from hating him for it.

With Fuller back in the lineup last week against Rutgers, the Buckeye defense didn’t give up any explosive plays and looked exactly as they were expected to look at the beginning of the season.

So what makes Fuller such a good player?

“Well, he’s a very good athlete, No. 1 and has good anticipation, good vision,” defensive coordinator Greg Schiano said on Monday.

“Jordan would be good whatever he did. He came here as a corner. He could play corner. He’s got that kind of coverage skills. He could play receiver and he was a quarterback in high school. He has a real good spatial awareness and he’s a good tackler.”

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/09/ohio-state-football-notebook-lunchtime/

 

[ScriptOhio]

WITH JORDAN FULLER ON THE FIELD, OHIO STATE CAN RELY ON A MUCH-NEEDED INSURANCE POLICY

When comparing Ohio State's defensive performances between week one's 77-31 win over Oregon State and week two's 52-3 victory over Rutgers, it's almost like night and day.

In almost every aspect of the game, the Buckeyes' defense improved tremendously. You can look at the numbers and you can find the adjustments on film, but one underrated characteristic of Ohio State's defense last week – something that was missing in its season-opening performance – was the presence of veteran safety Jordan Fuller.

Without Fuller against the Beavers, the Buckeyes surrendered big plays, missed tackles in the secondary and allowed almost 400 yards of offense. With Fuller against the Scarlet Knights, the longest play Ohio State surrendered went for 15 yards, open-field tackles in the secondary were checked off the list and Rutgers managed just 134 yards of total offense.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...uckeyes-can-rely-on-a-needed-insurance-policy

 

[OregonBuckeye]

IMO, the 2nd most important prospect in this class behind Haskins

I feel like this has held up fairly well

 

[MARVYMARV14]

can't forget Nickie B but those to are on par as well

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[brodybuck21]

Ohio State’s leading tacklers step up

Coming into Saturday’s game, Ohio State had not had a game in which a defender has had over eight tackles in a single game. With the storyline of poor open field tackling because of bad angles taken by both the safeties and linebackers, Ohio State showed improvement against Minnesota.

Junior safety Jordan Fuller led the team with 12 tackles, recording nine solo tackles in Saturday’s 30-14 win over the Golden Gophers. Sophomore linebacker Pete Werner added on 10 tackles, recording 2.5 TFL, including his third sack of the season.

 

[kujirakira]

Ohio State’s leading tacklers step up

Coming into Saturday’s game, Ohio State had not had a game in which a defender has had over eight tackles in a single game. With the storyline of poor open field tackling because of bad angles taken by both the safeties and linebackers, Ohio State showed improvement against Minnesota.

Junior safety Jordan Fuller led the team with 12 tackles, recording nine solo tackles in Saturday’s 30-14 win over the Golden Gophers. Sophomore linebacker Pete Werner added on 10 tackles, recording 2.5 TFL, including his third sack of the season.

Great for Fuller but when a S is getting 12 tackles... i have some concerns

 

[mendensa]

yup. Number of tackles is misleading. But definitely alarming if it's coming from the secondary. If you have too many guys with a lot of tackles in a game that tells me that the opposing team is having their way, moving the chains, and controlling the clock. If it's happening from our LB's and DL up and around the line of scrimmage....then as Buckeye fans we are ecstatic.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

yup. Number of tackles is misleading. But definitely alarming if it's coming from the secondary. If you have too many guys with a lot of tackles in a game that tells me that the opposing team is having their way, moving the chains, and controlling the clock. If it's happening from our LB's and DL up and around the line of scrimmage....then as Buckeye fans we are ecstatic.

When Mike Doss was racking up tackles, we weren't complaining.

(yes, I know... he actually blitzed.)

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

When Mike Doss was racking up tackles, we weren't complaining.

(yes, I know... he actually blitzed.)

The people who complained about that stayed at Bucknuts

 

[Ryan36_1]

You don't have to go back that far. Only have to go back to last year when Fuller led team in solos and was second in total tackles. I am not concerned with safeties getting tackles.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

You don't have to go back that far. Only have to go back to last year when Fuller led team in solos and was second in total tackles.

He said people were NOT complaining back them

Truth is, a few people did

Normally, a lot of people complain when a safety makes most of the tackles

When a 3-time All-American does it, only a select few do so

 

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[Onebuckfan]

If the safety is attacking and making tackles like say the Assasin that’s great when the safety has to run down TE RB and WR that get behind coverage not so good. But at least someone tackles.

 

[mendensa]

I am not concerned with safeties getting tackles.

I am. But only b/c the LB's are missing them.