Mathew Jones made it look simple. The relative lack of discussion surrounding him in early January speaks to the seamlessness with which he filled in at left guard. The 6-foot-4, 310-pounder from the same high school in Brooklyn that produced Curtis Samuel – Erasmus Hall – hadn’t ever started a game as a Buckeye in his first two-and-a-half years in the program. Though once a top-100 recruit, he remained behind interior linemen such as Wyatt Davis, Josh Myers, Harry Miller, Jonah Jackson and Michael Jordan on the depth chart throughout the first half of his career, biding his time as he waited for an opportunity he knew would come. Jones’ first start arrived in impromptu fashion when he filled in at left guard when the Buckeyes were missing several linemen due to a COVID-19 outbreak before their early December game at Michigan State. The 69-snap performance for which he graded out as…
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