Story Tools: Social Media: Tweet COLUMBUS – Urban Meyer says he’s having a difficult time filling out a depth chart for Ohio State’s football team. But with 11 posssible starters not taking part in spring practice because of various injuries and surgeries, that probably isn’t surprising or alarming. Those 11 players include the top four returning wide receivers from last season and standout defensive end Tyquan Lewis. All of the players rehabbing injuries are expected to return by the start of preseason practice in August. “There are guys we’re really counting on,” Meyer said on Tuesday after the ninth of OSU’s 15 spring practices. “You watch practice sometimes and you kind of wince, like ‘Oh my goodness, where are we going to be here?’ But I think we’ll be OK when everybody gets healthy,” he said. That does not mean Meyer is grading on the curve this spring, though. The players on the field this spring are still being evaluated rigorously and Meyer has not gotten all the answers he wants. “We have to make some hard decisions coming up,” Meyer said. “By Saturday there are some guys who are going to play and some who aren’t going to play.” Some other thoughts from Meyer on Tuesday: —- APOLOGY OFFERED: Last week highly rated offensive line prospect Landon Young, who eventually signed with Kentucky, said he had been “treated like crap” by Meyer and his staff Meyer addressed that on Tuesday, saying he “had a lot of respect for him as a player.” “I was very disappointed in our staff that we didn’t offer him earlier. …
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