COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than a year ago, at the free-for-all that is Ohio State’s annual media day, I approached a 6’5″, 270-pound man-child.
We talked about football for about five minutes; why he decided to come to Columbus from sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his expectations for his freshman season, how the first few weeks of fall camp had gone for him.
It was your standard media day stuff. But as the interview came to a close, I decided to go a bit deeper with the behemoth in front of me.
“So tell me about this music thing,” I requested.
“Oh,” Joey Bosa said, smiling sheepishly. “You heard about that?”
How could I not have?
Any follower of Bosa (@jbbigbear) on Twitter is well aware of his passion for music, particularly of the electronic dance variety. The Buckeyes defensive end has even gone as far as to give DJing a try, releasing a series of mixes on his personal SoundCloud account.
“I’m a big music guy. I’ve loved music all my life. I just look up to them and it seemed like an awesome thing to do and I thought I’d try it, so I just got into it,” Bosa told me for a story that ran on BuckeyeGrove.com. “A lot of people, that’s what they know me for, before football. But, it’s definitely a big part of my life. Not as a career—football always comes first—but music is my second love.”
Bosa’s passion for music is just a glimpse into the personality that defines him as much as his on-field ability does. And now one-and-a-half…
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