When you hear Kerry Coombs say it, your ears can’t help but perk up. “We have the most depth that we’ve had at the position since I’ve been here,” Ohio State’s cornerbacks coach said on Wednesday afternoon at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, four days after the Buckeyes held their annual Spring Game to close spring drills. “I’m extremely excited about the totality of the room,” he said. Ohio State is eight days away from watching at least two — probably three — defensive backs get drafted in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Malik Hooker, Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley are the names, and two of them locked down defenders on the outside of the Buckeye defense for Coombs at corner in 2016. And yet, the man who coached them believes he has more depth to work with now than last year when he considered Conley, Lattimore…
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