Mike Hall Jr. is “in the best shape he's ever been in,” Jack Sawyer expects 'complementary football' from Ohio State's D-line and Ty Hamilton says “we want rings over stats.”
Similarly with Ohio State's cornerbacks and BIA, however, the Buckeyes' defensive ends and tackles haven't lived up to the moniker in recent seasons.
Johnson said JT Tuimoloau and the other starting defensive linemen could play a higher percentage of the plays this year, but he still thinks it’s important to rotate players to keep them fresh. “You can’t go into a game and play a guy 90 plays and try to play a 15-game schedule. You can’t do that. He’ll burn out at the end; he’ll look good at the beginning and burn out.”
Johnson says he likes what he’s seen from Arvell Reese as a defensive end so far, but it will be up to Reese whether he stays there long-term.On Tywone Malone: “That dude, he’s a hard worker. He came in and wasted no time trying to learn, learn what goes on here, learn the brotherhood and that’s all you can ask for. He bought in quick and just stuck with the process.”
“Energy” is the number one way he and Sawyer complement each other, Tuimoloau said. “I see him on the end and we just feed off one another.” While it’s hard not to focus on season-long goals, Sawyer said, he and the defensive leaders came together before fall camp started and decided that they needed to focus on each day individually as it unfolded. “We can’t let what we want to be or what we want to achieve personally, doing this or doing that, affect the day that we’re in right now.”
In an effort to make the physical changes necessary to go back to defensive end, Sawyer dropped six to seven percent of his body fat, he stated. “Getting in shape more, getting my explosiveness back a little more and becoming a little more twitchy again. So that was my main focus this offseason.”On tweaking his knee on the first day of fall camp, Williams says he feels good and has been back out practicing. He added it’s better the setback happened early instead of at the end of fall camp.
For the defense, Williams said Ohio State’s goal is to be one of the best in the nation, stop the run and create havoc.Hamilton believes this year’s defensive line is the deepest the Buckeyes have had since he’s been at Ohio State. Hamilton said Malone fit in right away with the rest of the defensive linemen. “He’s brought nothing but a brotherhood.”Asked if there’s something he’s tried to emulate from another one of Ohio State’s defensive tackles, Hamilton pointed to Hall’s speed and lateral quickness.Malone said he has primarily played in the 3-tech since he arrived at Ohio State.
Malone said his favorite professional baseball players are Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani, Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve and Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez. Malone said he"hopefully" has as good a right hook as Ramirez, who knocked down Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson during an in-game brawl last week.On how good this defensive line can be: “All of us are working really hard and we look like a great group.
Melton said he was"held back a little bit" in spring practices so he could remain fully healthy in the summer and at the start of preseason camp."I wanted to prepare as best as possible to get my body as healthy as for the season. It was a planned spring for me."
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