Ohio State used an “abundance of caution” in holding several defensive starters out against Toledo, but questions still remain about the health of multiple high-profile Buckeyes.
for the Buckeye defense in the first two games, didn’t play a snap despite not even being listed on Ohio State’s status report.. Perhaps it won’t matter next week either, as the talent on the roster gives Ohio State quality options at almost all the position groups in question. But it certainly won't help.As far as Proctor, McCalister and Hall, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said after the game, “they were all available” Saturday and only held out as a precautionary measure.
Even if Ohio State remained undefeated with another lopsided win on Saturday, it’s probably not coincidental that the Buckeyes’ had their worst defensive performance of the season against the Rockets. Ohio State entered the game having given up just 22 points and a single touchdown combined through two weeks. The Buckeyes allowed Toledo two trips to the end zone in the first half alone, and it finished with 21 points and 307 total yards – both single-game season-highs against Ohio State.
Before halftime, Brown went back to the locker room with a member of the Ohio State training staff. In his place with the first-team defense, for the most part, was second-year corner JK Johnson, who has benefitted from Hancock’s injury to become the Buckeyes’ third-string cornerback at the start of the year. At safety, Lathan Ransom replaced Proctor at bandit and Cameron Martinez filled in for McCalister at nickel.
“Next man up. Those guys made plays throughout the whole offseason, throughout camp and stuff like that,” Hickman said. “So there was no worries or hesitation as far as us and our confidence in the room. I knew those guys were going to step up and make plays, they do it every day in practice. So it was nothing. Like I said prior to the season starting, one thing I like about this defense is the depth we have in the room.
Luckily for the Buckeyes, second and third-string running backs Miyan Williams and Dallan Hayden stepped up to combine for 185 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries. Even freshman walk-on running back TC Caffey contributed 57 yards and a score on the ground.
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