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S Lathan Ransom (All B1G, All-American, National Champion)

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There was only one returning Ohio State starter in the secondary healthy throughout spring camp, which left plenty of opportunities for young guys to make solid impressions.

But only one of them essentially locked up a first-team job by the end of those 15 workouts. So, there aren’t many Buckeyes anywhere on the roster who made more of an impression in March and April than Lathan Ransom.

It’s not necessarily a surprise that the four-star safety emerged during those practices. First of all, his ability has never been questioned, he flashed some big-play potential at the end of his freshman season and Ohio State needed somebody to step forward and complement Josh Proctor in the backend. Ransom was a relatively safe bet to fill that void, but that shouldn’t diminish the importance of him actually doing it.

The fact that Ransom was able to not only get on the field but make an impact in the postseason would be significant in any year. But the value goes up exponentially considering how little time he had to develop after arriving in the summer, not getting a full training camp and with the Buckeyes losing so much practice time due to COVID. If Ransom could break up a couple passes in meaningful situations without having the benefit of a full year to develop, imagine what he might do with one now.

“[Ransom] really came on for us and played well,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said. “Especially in the semifinal game against Clemson, really competed. He showed that he could do that in practice. Because of that, he had an opportunity to do it. It was hard [last] year, because we just didn’t have a lot of those games where we could throw some of those guys in there and find out.
 
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