COLUMBUS — How do you replace an All-American? You simply get as many players ready as you can and then let the best man win. As a true freshman last season, Jordan Fuller was the backup to Damon Webb at free safety. He played in 12 games and tallied 11 tackles. Those aren’t exactly the numbers of a future All-American, but they’re remarkably similar to the 13 games and 10 tackles that Malik Hooker notched in 2015. Hooker took his experience as a backup that season and parlayed it into a near-legendary one-and-done performance this past season for the Buckeyes, the likes of which would be much too lofty to expect to be repeated just one year later. And yet here we are. Could Fuller grow into a starter at Hooker’s departed strong safety position? So far he’s on a proper path. “I’ve gotten so much better,” Fuller told the-Ozone…
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