When Larry Johnson thinks back on the role Tommy Togiai played on the interior of Ohio State’s defensive line last season, he thinks about his strength. “He was so powerful inside, you could hardly move him,” Johnson said. But as the Buckeyes search this offseason for a replacement for Togiai at nose tackle, muscle is not the only consideration. Johnson, the team’s veteran defensive line coach, sees other traits as valuable for an interior lineman who lines up at nose. “That guy’s got to be a powerful guy,” Johnson said. “He’s got to be smart. He’s got to understand protections. “We like a bigger guy, but I’ll take quickness over big to make sure we can make a difference in the line of scrimmage. We want to knock the line of scrimmage. That’s what we ask that nose to do, to create a new line of scrimmage and make the…
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