Jim Knowles plans to keep the Jack position on the shelf this spring as Jack Sawyer will play defensive end full-time and Mitchell Melton will be limited to individual drills.
Going into Jim Knowles’ first season as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator, he expected the Jack position to be a significant part of his defense. By the end of the season, it was eliminated from the defense almost entirely.
“By the time I left Oklahoma State, it was almost exclusive. And I knew we wouldn't have that here, we're built more as a four-down and our front’s pretty darn good. So you don't want to mess with that too much. But I thought they could get up to be a third,” Knowles said Tuesday. “And it just didn't, you know, we weren't as productive out of it. You have to go with what works.
For Sawyer, that means he’ll be playing exclusively as a defensive end – where he’s in line to start opposite JT Tuimoloau – after moving back and forth between defensive end and Jack in 2022. “One of the reasons I'm not going to get into it this spring as much is because Mitch, who I thought had a real chance, like he's still coming off that injury,” Knowles said. “I want to see him back to where he was, right? So we moved him from a linebacker to the front when I got here, and then started experimenting with him in the Jack position. And he jumped out. He jumped out. He really did. To Johnson and to me, the things that he did. So I just want to see him back there.
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