Tanner McCalister got a lot of questions at the start of this year.
After the safety transferred to Ohio State in January, his teammates were curious about Jim Knowles, their new defensive coordinator. McCalister had experience with him. They spent the past four seasons together at Oklahoma State.
“Anything they asked, I answered,” he said.
They continued to pepper him with questions in spring practice. As the defense was installed, players asked if he could stay after practices to review film with them.
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McCalister recalled one instance when he received a text message at almost midnight about a play call out of a specific formation.