Many Happy (Punt) Returns for the Buckeyes in 2017?


Kerry Coombs is confident the punt return will be back at Ohio State in 2017Photo by Jim Davidson Last year was the worst season of punt returning in Urban Meyer’s Ohio State tenure. The Buckeyes returned more punts than 110 other teams (27) last year, yet they managed just one return of at least 20 yards. Only 18 teams in the nation were worse than that a year ago. It was the second time in Meyer’s five years that the Buckeyes managed just one return of at least 20 yards. The other time was the 2013 season, which also ended in a loss to Clemson. Now, nobody is saying the two are related, but in 2017, it’s probably best to just avoid finding out if there is indeed a connection. And it’s not like that one punt return went for 60 yards. It was a 27-yarder from Dontre Wilson in…

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