What We Learned from Buckeyes' first day of spring ball
Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast
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🗓️ 9 March 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Spring football began on Tuesday for Ohio State and there was a cavalcade of information gleaned. Mitchell Melton has moved from linebacker to defensive end, eight scholarship players will miss all of spring -- including Harry Miller which continues to be a mystery -- and several young players are having great offseasons such as wide receiver Jayden Ballard, and cornerbacks Jakailin Johnson and Jordan Hancock.
In addition, the media interviewed head coach Ryan Day, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson following practice.
On today's show, Dave Biddle flies solo to discuss all the happenings from yesterday, what it means for the 2022 season and more.
That is coming your way on the Wednesday 5ish.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning bucknauters, welcome to the |
| 0:29.9 | bucknauters morning 5 here on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. I am Dave Biddle flying solo on today's show. |
| 0:36.9 | I am not wearing green because of Michigan State. I'm wearing green because of Wright State. |
| 0:41.9 | Wright State going dancing, very proud of the Wright State Raiders. |
| 0:45.9 | I went to college at both Ohio State and Wright State, so it was cool to see them advance to the NCAA tournament with a win |
| 0:52.9 | in the Horizon League Championship game last night. But you guys don't want to hear about that. You want to hear about Ohio State football. |
| 0:57.9 | Let's get to it. It was a huge day yesterday. First day of spring ball for the buck guys. |
| 1:02.9 | Roughly the first 30 minutes of practice was open. Obviously they're not hitting or anything. |
| 1:08.9 | And when we're there, we're seeing the beginning of practice. We're seeing like stretching. We're seeing very light drills. |
| 1:13.9 | So not a lot to glean as far as who's looking good. Although the coaches told us a few things. We'll get to that in a little bit. |
| 1:20.9 | Because we got a chance after practice to meet with Ryan Day, Jim Knowles, and Kevin Wilson. |
| 1:25.9 | So that was huge. First day of spring ball got to watch some practice. Got to interview the head coach and both coordinators. |
| 1:31.9 | Great stuff there. Let's get into all of it. |
| 1:34.9 | Let's start with a position change. Mitchell Melton. Maybe you guys have forgotten about Mitchell Melton. |
| 1:40.9 | Had been a linebacker at Ohio State. Had been injured his first two years in the program. |
| 1:44.9 | Kid very productive player in high school, young man out of Maryland. |
| 1:48.9 | And it was in that 2020 class for Ohio State. It was ranked number five in the country. |
| 1:53.9 | Like I said, missed his first two years due to injury. He's fully healthy now and he's now moved to defensive end. |
| 1:58.9 | Giving them some extra depth there. A guy that can rush the past. He's blocked up to about 245 pounds. |
| 2:03.9 | So good stuff there. You know, and that's, you know, it's fun to see some of the new guys out there as well. |
| 2:10.9 | We got a chance to meet with, you know, some of the new freshmen that enrolled early, you know, about a month and a half ago. |
| 2:16.9 | But actually see them out there was pretty cool. But Mitchell Melton moving positions was interesting. |
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