Ohio State’s defensive line is arguably the best position group for the Buckeyes this season — and that’s even without Nick Bosa in the lineup. Between Dre’Mont Jones, Robert Landers, Chase Young and Jonathon Cooper— should he be active following being in concussion protocol this week— there’s plenty of strong men leading the charge. And that’ll be really good on Saturday, when Ohio State faces Minnesota and their new starting right tackle, Daniel Faalele. The freshman is an Australia native who trained at IMG Academy and is absolutely gigantic. Faalele stands 6-foot-9 and weighs 400 pounds. That is a large human.
According to our friends at The Daily Gopher, the plan wasn’t for Faalele to become a starter this season, the intention was actually for him to redshirt. Faalele was inserted at right tackle in the third quarter against Iowa after Hawkeyes defensive end Anthony Nelson abused Schlueter…
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