July 2, 2026

Dawand Jones' development, commitment to football made Buckeyes rethink offensive line setup

On Tuesday’s sixth practice of fall camp, Ohio State showed something to the media the team hadn’t made public yet. It was a new-look offensive line made up of four natural tackles and a center that came together, according to offensive line coach Greg Studrawa, to get the best five linemen on the field. Among those five were Nicholas Petit-Frere at left tackle, Paris Johnson at right guard and Harry Miller at center, all former five-star prospects. While not as highly recruited as those three, Thayer Munford, lining up at left guard, was still a four-star prospect and a top-30 offensive tackle in his class. The odd man out in the recruiting comparisons of the group was Dawand Jones, a former three-star recruit who was not ranked in the top 1,000 players in the 2019 class. Yet there was Jones, working with the first-team offensive line in an experimental unit…

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