Urban Meyer’s offenses at Ohio State have consistently had a reputation of sparingly utilizing tight ends in the passing game. That reputation certainly hasn’t changed this year. Through the first six games of the Buckeyes’ season, in which Dwayne Haskins has already completed 142 passes for 1,919 yards and 25 touchdowns, Ohio State tight ends Luke Farrell, Rashod Berry and Jeremy Ruckert have combined to catch just five passes for 51 yards and two touchdowns – and only one of those catches, a 13-yard reception by Farrell, has come in the last four games. As the Buckeyes begin their second half of the regular season, however, Meyer says he wants to see their tight ends make a bigger impact as receivers. “In the pass game, just OK,” Meyer said Wednesday when asked to evaluate the tight ends’ performance this season. “That’s something we’re still growing with, but in the pass…
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