
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Paris Johnson is a tackle — a towering pillar that deflects pass rushers and sets the punishing edge of a rushing attack. He may be one of the best in the Big Ten Conference, based on his pre-Buckeye accolades and the praise of those who played with him during his freshman season. Yet barring injury, he may not play a snap at either tackle spot in 2021. Ohio State knows its two returning starters there, Thayer Munford on the left and Nicholas Petit-Frere on the right, are definitely among the best in the nation. So the working assumption has been that Johnson will moonlight on the interior in 2020. Ohio State coach Ryan Day backed up that theory on Wednesday, two days prior to the start of spring drills on Friday. “He’s gonna probably start at guard this spring, but he could easily move…
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