The last hour of Ohio State’s eighth spring practice on Saturday was open to students.
The practice featured a mix of competitive periods that featured 11-on-11 and 7-on-7 with “thud” tackling, where players are hit but not brought to the ground.Freshman receiver shineswho enrolled early in January, stood out as he took reps with the first-team offense and made a string of tough catches.
“He’s just making a lot of plays,” Day said, “and has to pick up a lot of offense. For a young player, he’s got a pretty mature route tree. He does a nice job at the line of scrimmage. Catches the ball strong, makes plays, all really encouraging signs.”The Buckeyes are without two of their three returning starting receivers this spring, as Emeka Egbuka and Julian Fleming are recovering from undisclosed injuries, leaving more first-team reps to go around for the underclassmen.
“It’s a whole different deal with him inside,” Day said. “They have to, on defense, decide how they want to double him.”He said it allows Harrison, a, to expand his route tree and prepare him for the NFL. He mentioned NFL teams have asked about other receivers’ versatility between outside and the slot. Harrison will eligible for the league's draft for the first time next year.
In a handful of periods early Saturday, Henderson caught passes and went through pass-protection drills with the other running backs. , has started out as a nickel safety and rotated behind Cameron Martinez with the second-team defense.Running back Miyan Williams and right tackle Zen Michalski did not practice because of unspecified injuries.
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