COLUMBUS, Ohio – Any time a high-profile coach takes over a big time college football program, the new head man in charge is bound to face some attrition on his inherited roster. And when Urban Meyer took over Ohio State in November 2011, it wasn’t any different.
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| Rod Smith has come a long way in Urban Meyer’s first 10 months as Ohio State’s coach. |
By the time the Buckeyes’ fall camp started in August, a number of players- for a variety of reasons- had left Ohio State. This was not unexpected for Meyer, who was in the process of taking over the fourth college football program of his career.
What was unexpected, however, was that Rod Smith wasn’t among those on his way out of Columbus.
To say that Smith wasn’t in good standing with Meyer when the two-time national champion coach officially took over the OSU program in January would be an understatement.
Entering his third season in Columbus, the redshirt sophomore running back was coming fresh off of a season that saw his playing time diminished due to fumbling issues and a temporary position switch to linebacker. The roller coaster that was the 2011 season for Smith was capped off in January, when he missed the team’s flight to Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl.
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