Even at the collegiate level, football is a grownup’s game that goes doubly so in the trenches, where every single play is a brute test of strength, resolve and endurance. So no matter how talented a lineman prospect is, odds are that he’s going to redshirt in his first year—or at the very least, he really ought to.
That extra year is critical for development in the strength and conditioning program, and usually the redshirt freshman player is miles ahead of where he was coming into camp.
But Ohio State’s recruits say to hell with all that noise.
As Eleven Warriors reports, Ohio State opened practice on Monday, and the coaches are very, very happy with their new toys on the defensive line:
“From what I’ve seen so far, there’ll be a bunch of freshmen who’ll play in that first game,” Meyer said.
The defensive side of the ball, in particular, is loaded with talented freshmen: Adolphus Washington, Noah Spence, Camren Williams, David Perkins, Se’Von Pittman and…
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