Ohio State Found Success With Cornerback Rotation Last Season; Buckeyes Hope to Replicate Formula in 2017


Throughout the buildup to Ohio State’s 2016 season, Kerry Coombs was rather adamant about the situation. The Buckeyes weren’t going to have another year where both starting cornerbacks played over 1,000 snaps. There was going to be a rotation. Nobody really believed him, though. Ohio State then rotated Gareon Conley, Marshon Lattimore, Denzel Ward and Damon Arnette against Bowling Green and Tulsa, which was fine, but those were games in which the Buckeyes dominated. Would Coombs really continue this rotation the following week when Ohio State traveled to Norman for a primetime showdown against Oklahoma? And if so, would it continue beyond that? The resounding answer to that question was yes. And it extended well beyond that win over the Sooners. Conley, Lattimore and Ward all played equal snaps for the Buckeyes in 2016. Conley and Lattimore started each game, but it only took one or two series before Ward…

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