Whenever Ohio State’s offense scores, defenders grab their helmets, loosen up, finish their conversations with their teammates and position coaches, then gather around each other on the sidelines. Only one play – a kickoff – happens between an extra point and the first defensive play of a series, and in those moments while waiting with the defense to run onto the field, Tuf Borland has learned to train his eyes squarely on Teradja Mitchell. “Every week, it just gives us a spark watching from the defensive huddle on the sidelines when he’s running down on kickoff,” Borland said on Wednesday. “You just know he’s going to blast somebody and put them on the ground.” Ohio State’s coaching staff bumped up Mitchell, a freshman linebacker, to a full-time kickoff gunner for the Penn State game, and he has since excelled. When Borland watches him sprint down the field, he always believes Mitchell…
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