Jim Knowles is considering adding a “double eagle” package to Ohio State’s defense that would utilize Jack Sawyer and JT Tuimoloau as outside linebackers.
In his first interview session of the year on Thursday, Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles revealed that he is considering adding a “double eagle” package to the defense that would deploy Ohio State’s starting defensive ends as edge-rushing linebackers around three interior defensive linemen, effectively turning the Buckeyes’ defensive front into a 3-4.
If Knowles implements that package into the defense this year, it wouldn’t be the first time he’s toyed with using Ohio State’s defensive ends in an outside linebacker capacity. In his first year as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator in 2022, Sawyer and former Ohio State defensive end Javontae Jean-Baptiste both played snaps at the Jack position, a hybrid linebacker/defensive end position that had been a staple of Knowles’ defensive scheme at Oklahoma State.
Ohio State hasn’t yet installed the double eagle package into its defense, and Knowles made no guarantee that Ohio State will use it at all. Ohio State had one of the best defenses in all of college football last year while playing almost exclusively in a four-down front except in its dime package, so the Buckeyes don’t need to make major schematic changes with all the returning talent they have on defense.
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