COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thanks to his coverage responsibilities and positional versatility, some might mistake Ohio State football’s Pete Werner as some sort of finesse linebacker. Tuf Borland, the undisputed leader if not necessarily the spokesman for the linebacker unit, set the record straight. “Most people don’t know he’s 245 pounds and he can bring it,” Borland said. After holding down the Sam linebacker position in 2019, Werner expected to own it in 2020. His work at outside linebacker made the Buckeyes’ preseason flirtation with the “Bullet” linebacker concept irrelevant. He floated around the defense as needed — stalking tight ends, coming up to stop the run, even dropping back pre-snap to safety as needed. Ohio State’s defensive coaches, however, saw something else in Werner — perhaps something more. They wanted him, in Borland’s words, to “bring it” more often. The senior now projects as the Buckeyes’ starter at Will linebacker,…
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