The 2012 season at Ohio State is already very intriguing—not only because of Urban Meyer’s first year in charge, but also because of the freshmen that are heading to Columbus.
All the freshmen at Ohio State are enrolled and now starting to get into Mickey Marotti’s strength training program.
The question in today’s game now is which freshmen should be redshirted, and which ones should play as true freshmen.
There are all sorts of options in a consensus top-five class that is balanced in many positions, but very loaded in the front seven, in particular with Noah Spence and Adolphus “Diesel” Washington.
Even though the depth on the defensive line is pretty good with some experienced players at all positions, Spence and Washington are incredibly gifted talents that made big impacts at their respective high school All-American games.
Obviously, neither one is going to unseat John Simon, who is pretty much a lock for the first round of next year’s NFL Draft, barring injury. Both…
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