COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kourt Williams tried to reach back in his mind to the day his freshman season ended, but the Ohio State safety realized he had blocked out that memory. He knows he was in practice last September, building buzz as a potential defensive contributor as a true freshman. Yet the exact moment he tore an anterior cruciate knee ligament caused too much pain — emotional and physical. Williams plummeted from potential breakout player to sideline spectator throughout the Buckeyes’ run to the national championship game. Another person might have indulged their anger, seethed and pouted, withdrawn into self-pity. Williams, heeding the advice of defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs, chucked all of that almost immediately. “Those first 24 or 48 hours after the injury were probably the roughest,” Williams said. “But coach Coombs told me something when I got hurt that I remember to this day. He told me, ‘Be…
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