LOS ANGELES — Ohio State football needs linebackers — any linebackers — to beat Utah in the Rose Bowl, and it does not matter if the linebacker in question spent the past two seasons at tight end. Cade Stover was a linebacker first, of course. He began his Buckeye career in that room before moving to tight end in 2020 and working his way into a regular role this season. But with starting linebacker Cody Simon out with injury, and Utah preparing a run-heavy attack fueled by a stack of its own tight ends, OSU needed a Stover-like body back on defense. He dabbled there the week of the Michigan game, playing a single snap. Ohio State offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Kevin Wilson said Stover is practicing only at linebacker this week. In the practice window visible to reporters Wednesday, the 6-4, 255-pound third-year sophomore lined up at…
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