COLUMBUS, Ohio — Josh Proctor was not the Ohio State football coaching staff’s first choice to solve the free safety position last season. The senior may be the only choice — or at least the most obvious and experienced once — to solidify the back end of the Buckeyes’ defense in 2021. Proctor’s ascendancy to stardom did not unfold as some expected. He spent most of 2020 in an important yet part-time role. He said he emerged from the experience with a better understand of what Ohio State wants — and needs — from him as a potential leader in the defense. “I think it was really just being consistent,” Proctor said. “Always being in the right spot and knowing what I’m supposed to do and not trying to make that big play or do everything by myself, really.” Proctor seemed poised for big things while backing up Jordan Fuller…
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