Torrance Gibson had six catches for 50 yards and two touchdowns in Ohio State’s spring game. 2:00 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — The final couple minutes were ticking off the clock, most of the starters had long checked out of the game and the score never even mattered in the first place. It would have been easy for Ohio State to just move on when the deep shot to the back of the end zone slipped away from Torrance Gibson and dropped to the turf, and most of the fans left at the Horseshoe late in the spring game hardly seemed to care. But in the ongoing development of the converted quarterback to wide receiver, every rep counts. And Urban Meyer wasn’t going to let the moment simply pass, leaving his spot behind the offense between plays to chase down Gibson and deliver some hands-on coaching. “Go up and get the ball,” Meyer barked. “Go make a play.” The fact that the freakishly athletic redshirt freshman had already made a couple earlier in the scrimmage didn’t matter in the moment, and Meyer is never one to let a teaching opportunity pass him by, even with spring camp is about to come to a close. For full coverage of the Buckeyes, check out the Ohio State blog, part of ESPN’s College Football Nation. Blog More:• Ohio State’s clubhouse page• ESPN.com’s Big Ten blog But the Buckeyes and their record-setting crowd, for the most part, had every reason to feel encouraged about the progress Gibson has made in his transition from throwing the football to catching it. And his six catches for 50 yards with a pair of touchdowns in the exhibition restarted the hype, which began shortly after he arrived on campus and after he was quickly moved to wideout in order to capitalize on his 6-foot-4 frame and 35-inch vertical leap. “Torrance had good days and bad days, good reps and bad reps,” wide receivers coach Zach Smith said. “He was a typical freshman that moved from quarterback to receiver…
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