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Ohio State safety Orhian Johnson: B

The redshirt sophomore made his first start of the season replacing C.J. Barnett, who played well against Miami a week ago but suffered a knee injury that required surgery and will keep him out for the rest of the season. Johnson made three tackles and forced a fumble with a hustle play on the sideline that impressed senior linebacker Brian Rolle.

"I got a chance to get my hand around the ball and got it out," Johnson said. "You just try to get to the ball before the next man does. You see one person do it, and you say, 'I want to be the next man to make a big play.' "

Johnson will have to prove himself in coverage against a team that can throw, which may not happen for a few weeks, before it's clear he can handle filling Barnett's role.

"I feel I'm prepared to get the job done," Johnson said. "I'm honored that the coaches trust me enough to put me in that position. I feel like I did a good job."
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2010/09/ohio_state_buckeyes_report_car_1.html
 
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Posted: Thursday September 23, 2010
OSU's Johnson happy to be hitting QBs

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - It doesn't take a lot of reshuffling of the past to picture Orhian Johnson running Indiana's offense.

Instead, he's become a quarterback of No. 2 Ohio State's defense - where he torments opposing signal-callers.

Johnson - his first name is pronounced OR-ee-an - was offered a scholarship to call the signals for the Hoosiers when he came out of Boca Ciega High School in St. Petersburg, Fla., three years ago. He was tempted to sign his name on the dotted line.

Quarterbacks, of course, are the Ferraris of college football. Defensive backs are Jeeps. Quarterbacks win the awards, they get the headlines, they become household names.

And all of that appealed to Johnson.

"My goals, of course, I hopefully would have (won) the Heisman and all those other good things,'' he said with a laugh.

But at the same time, Ohio State was also offering a full ride to play any number of positions as a generic "athlete'' recruit. Since he had played several spots through the years, and since he had grown close to several of the Buckeyes' other recruits, he elected to cast his lot in Columbus.

"Indiana definitely showed me a lot of love with them having a couple of guys from my school go there and recruiting a couple of other guys from my school,'' he said. "I thought about it a lot but I was a lot closer with the recruiting class at Ohio State.''

So far, that decision to become a defensive back has been a good one.

In two games so far for the Buckeyes, he's been a solid performer with five tackles and a forced fumble out of his strong safety spot.

"Orhian's a really good player,'' free safety Jermale Hines said. "Athletic. Smarts. He's got the physical tools.''
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Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...orhian.the.qb.1st.ld.writethru/#ixzz10NlyWJgo
 
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Recruited by Indiana, OSU safety Orhian Johnson hopes to put a hurt on the Hoosiers
Published: Thursday, October 07, 2010
Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

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Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer
"I definitely feel like I've come a long way from my freshman year in knowing the defense and knowing where I need to be," says former high-school quarterback and now college safety Orhian Johnson. "But I feel as if I still have more room for improvement."
THE JOHNSON FILE
Orhian Johnson: OSU soph strong safety
Ht./wt.: 6-2, 205 pounds
The scoop: Was a three star recruit out of St. Petersburg, Fla., and recruited by some teams as a quarterback, though Ohio State always saw him as a safety. ... Will make his fourth career start against Indiana on Saturday. ... Was expected to win the starting job in preseason camp before he was sidelined by calf injury that allowed sophomore C.J. Barnett to win the job. Coaches also indicated they thought Johnson let down after assuming the job was his. ... Came back into the starting lineup when Barnett was lost for the season after hurting his knee against Miami. ... Tied for ninth on the team with 12 tackles, and has forced one fumble.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two of Orhian Johnson's best options in recruiting were playing safety at Ohio State or quarterback at Indiana.

While the native of St. Petersburg, Fla., was in high school, coaches for the Hoosiers told him not to let other schools take the ball out of his hands. If Johnson had listened, he might be preparing for the Ohio State defense this week instead of being part of the defense preparing for the Indiana quarterback.

"I mean, with my goals, of course I think I would have hopefully made it to the Heisman and those other good things," Johnson said with a smile.

In reality, the third-year sophomore probably would have been backing up Indiana fifth-year senior and starting quarterback Ben Chappell. With the Buckeyes, Johnson will make his fourth career start Saturday as part of a secondary that has grown even younger with freshman Christian Bryant stepping in for senior Tyler Moeller, who is out for the season after tearing a pectoral muscle at Illinois last week.

Johnson entered the starting lineup after sophomore C.J. Barnett was lost for the season after injuring his knee against Miami. OSU safeties coach Paul Haynes on Wednesday admitted that the Buckeyes are at the limit of secondary injuries they can handle without really digging into the depth chart.

As Bryant and Johnson continue to find their way, they'll have to rely on their natural skills, and Johnson has plenty of those.

"He can jump out of the gym and run fast and do everything," OSU senior cornerback Chimdi Chekwa said. "So we have high expectations for him."

"He's a crazy athlete," senior Jermale Hines said. "He's probably the most athletic on the team besides Terrelle."
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2010/10/recruited_by_indiana_osu_safet.html
 
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osugrad21;859171; said:
'08 FL ATH Orhian Johnson

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Orhian claims offers from South Florida, Florida International and Indiana along with verbal offers from Western Kentucky, Ohio State and Cincinnati.
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Buckskin86;1787384; said:
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2010/10/recruited_by_indiana_osu_safet.html
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Scouting services listed at 6'4" now the article lists him at 6'2". Not only do these Florida kids lose their SEC speed when they get to Columbus but now they're shrinking too. :pissed: When the rest of CFB catches wind of this...they'll surely use negative recruiting tactics to steal all our committs. :p
 
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As long as it doesn't conflict with the defensive scheme and the way the safties operate, I like the idea of him and C.J. Barnett back there for the next two years. Both of those guys can bring it and have athletic ability that runs through the roof.
 
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TS10HTW;1787387; said:
Scouting services listed at 6'4" now the article lists him at 6'2". Not only do these Florida kids lose their SEC speed when they get to Columbus but now they're shrinking too. :pissed: When the rest of CFB catches wind of this...they'll surely use negative recruiting tactics to steal all our committs. :p
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LOL, yeah always take at least a inch or 2, and 10-15 pounds off of what they are listed at, and thats what they really are.
 
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Kyle Robertson | Dispatch

Meet a Buckeye: Orhian Johnson
Friday, October 8, 2010
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch

Orhian Johnson loves playing for Ohio State, but the third-year sophomore safety also doesn't mind admitting he misses a lot of things about living in Florida, where he grew up in the St. Petersburg suburb of Gulfport.

In his going-on-three years in Columbus, the former quarterback from Boca Ciega High School has learned to make the most of his surroundings, with one major exception. He's no fan of the white stuff that falls from the sky in the winter, but, well, let him tell it:

Q What was the biggest change you had to deal with after moving up here?

A Snow, by far. Snow. Before I came up here, the only snow I'd ever seen was on TV, with the sidewalks cleared off and everybody having fun playing in it, with Christmas lights and stuff. Everything looked all nice. They don't tell you that the snow actually stays around for weeks and sometimes a lot longer.


Q By now have you gotten used to do it?

A Let's put it this way: I can deal with it. But it is definitely not something you get used to, because I know people who are from up here who say they've never gotten used to it.
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/buckeyextra/stories/gameday/2010/week6/meet.html
 
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I wanted to give OJ some credit where credit is due. A lot of people have been on him about looking lost out there. I saw a completely different guy out there. He saved a touchdown on a run that busted through. He made a great open field tackle. Even better though, he made a VERY athletic pass breakup on the Buckeye sideline. Seemed to be in the right place at the right time a lot. Very encouraging!
 
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southcampus;1789908; said:
I wanted to give OJ some credit where credit is due. A lot of people have been on him about looking lost out there. I saw a completely different guy out there. He saved a touchdown on a run that busted through. He made a great open field tackle. Even better though, he made a VERY athletic pass breakup on the Buckeye sideline. Seemed to be in the right place at the right time a lot. Very encouraging!
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I have to say he took a step backward this weekend. I can only imagine how hard it is to tackle John Clay, but he was not very successful at it. What was more concerning to me was his slowness to come up on running plays. In addition, he often ran to the wrong spot in run support. Regarding his slowness to fill, maybe he was respecting the play action? I know UW has a knack for hitting their TEs.
 
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fourteenandoh;1796065; said:
I have to say he took a step backward this weekend. I can only imagine how hard it is to tackle John Clay, but he was not very successful at it. What was more concerning to me was his slowness to come up on running plays. In addition, he often ran to the wrong spot in run support. Regarding his slowness to fill, maybe he was respecting the play action? I know UW has a knack for hitting their TEs.
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He plain looked afraid of contact, dont sugar coat it. It looked like this was his first REAL taste of the Big 10 and he wanted no part of it, I was talking to my boy during the game when I noticed it. He probably couldn't wait til the game was over... IMO I would look at Bryant at FS, I know he is on the short side, but he doesn't shy away from contact and has good range and ball skills
 
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