While you might be used to the safety spots on a football team’s defense being differentiated by the positions of free safety and strong safety, Ohio State doesn’t do it that way.
In Ohio State’s defense, the safety positions are defined as boundary safety and field safety – and the Buckeyes, including new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Alex Grinch, expect all of their safeties to be able to play both spots.
The boundary safety is titled as such because he is the safety who lines up closest to the near sideline. While the boundary safety is charged with covering the space between where he lines up and the sideline, the field safety is charged covering the rest of the field.