As usual we didn't get to see a ton of real football, but we were able to watch about an hour of practice this morning so here are some interesting tidbits coming out of that....
- QB order for reps was Barrett - Burrow - Haskins - Martell. No real surprise there. Barrett and Burrow were the only two in the black non-contact jerseys.
- Kendall Sheffield was out there today, so everything is good to go on that front.
- As we posted earlier, Alex Stump is no longer with the football team but OSU would not say what his future plans are. There have been several transfer rumors around Stump in recent months, the Vandy drum seems to be beating the loudest right now.
- Demario McCall, Eric Glover-Williams, Shaun Wade, Kendall Sheffield, KJ Hill all took some reps on punt return during special teams period.
- McCall is up to 195-pounds according to the roster. Does he look 195? Not sure about that, but he is noticeably bigger so I'll take OSU's word for it on the weight.
- McCall also working primarily with the RB's this morning, but I suspect he'll move around quite a bit once the bullets are live.
- Kyle Trout will work with the team before graduating this spring and transferring to Cincinnati.
- Marcus Baugh is nursing a shoulder injury and was not practicing today.
- Even at a powerhouse like Ohio State, Baron Browning is one of the most physically impressive dudes on the field. First guy off the bus type of dude.
- Antonio Williams got an earful from Tony Alford at one point during individual drills after cutting the wrong direction. 'Hey Dumbass' was how Alford got his attention from about 20 yards away.
- Johnnie Dixon was basically a full participant today. What an enigma. Ran a beautiful comeback route where he exploded out of his stance and then snapped off his route before making an impressive leaping catch on a ball that was thrown behind him, shades of high school recruit Johnnie Dixon. Was also out there on the first rep of team drills, though he didn't take as many reps as some of the other WR's. Pitch count perhaps?
- We got a few minutes of close to real football towards the end with some 6on6 work so the rest of the notes are from that period......
- EGW made several plays working out of the slot. Caught some underneath stuff, some intermediate stuff and one deep ball. Solid first practice, I'll be very interested to see how he develops there.
- Binjimen Victor made some nice catches throughout the morning but did drop one ball after separating from Shaun Wade on a simple slant pattern.
- The team period was rapid fire, everyone was getting a lot of reps so all of the freshmen were out there getting some opportunities. Dobbins ran free out of the backfield on a wheel route and got behind the secondary but Barrett overthrew him. J.K. looked very quick and explosive out there, showed no ill effects from the foot injury.
- Parris Campbell caught several balls during team period. Looked pretty good out there, can he consistently catch the football? Everything else is there.
- Rodjay Burns picked off Joe Burrow.
- Brendon White working with the WR's as expected. Struggled getting off press coverage on one rep and heard about it from Zach Smith.
- Hausmann made a long catch down the seam.
- McLaurin beat freshman Marcus Williamson on a deep ball.
- Jerome Baker made a couple of nice plays, locked up EGW in the slot and broke up a pass at the sideline in coverage against KJ Hill. It's like having a third safety out there with the way he runs.
- QB order for reps was Barrett - Burrow - Haskins - Martell. No real surprise there. Barrett and Burrow were the only two in the black non-contact jerseys.
- Kendall Sheffield was out there today, so everything is good to go on that front.
- As we posted earlier, Alex Stump is no longer with the football team but OSU would not say what his future plans are. There have been several transfer rumors around Stump in recent months, the Vandy drum seems to be beating the loudest right now.
- Demario McCall, Eric Glover-Williams, Shaun Wade, Kendall Sheffield, KJ Hill all took some reps on punt return during special teams period.
- McCall is up to 195-pounds according to the roster. Does he look 195? Not sure about that, but he is noticeably bigger so I'll take OSU's word for it on the weight.
- McCall also working primarily with the RB's this morning, but I suspect he'll move around quite a bit once the bullets are live.
- Kyle Trout will work with the team before graduating this spring and transferring to Cincinnati.
- Marcus Baugh is nursing a shoulder injury and was not practicing today.
- Even at a powerhouse like Ohio State, Baron Browning is one of the most physically impressive dudes on the field. First guy off the bus type of dude.
- Antonio Williams got an earful from Tony Alford at one point during individual drills after cutting the wrong direction. 'Hey Dumbass' was how Alford got his attention from about 20 yards away.
- Johnnie Dixon was basically a full participant today. What an enigma. Ran a beautiful comeback route where he exploded out of his stance and then snapped off his route before making an impressive leaping catch on a ball that was thrown behind him, shades of high school recruit Johnnie Dixon. Was also out there on the first rep of team drills, though he didn't take as many reps as some of the other WR's. Pitch count perhaps?
- We got a few minutes of close to real football towards the end with some 6on6 work so the rest of the notes are from that period......
- EGW made several plays working out of the slot. Caught some underneath stuff, some intermediate stuff and one deep ball. Solid first practice, I'll be very interested to see how he develops there.
- Binjimen Victor made some nice catches throughout the morning but did drop one ball after separating from Shaun Wade on a simple slant pattern.
- The team period was rapid fire, everyone was getting a lot of reps so all of the freshmen were out there getting some opportunities. Dobbins ran free out of the backfield on a wheel route and got behind the secondary but Barrett overthrew him. J.K. looked very quick and explosive out there, showed no ill effects from the foot injury.
- Parris Campbell caught several balls during team period. Looked pretty good out there, can he consistently catch the football? Everything else is there.
- Rodjay Burns picked off Joe Burrow.
- Brendon White working with the WR's as expected. Struggled getting off press coverage on one rep and heard about it from Zach Smith.
- Hausmann made a long catch down the seam.
- McLaurin beat freshman Marcus Williamson on a deep ball.
- Jerome Baker made a couple of nice plays, locked up EGW in the slot and broke up a pass at the sideline in coverage against KJ Hill. It's like having a third safety out there with the way he runs.
