Ohio State’s decision to move Cade Stover to tight end started with a request from Larry Johnson to steal another player from the tight end room.
Johnson, Ohio State’s defensive line coach, had been eyeing Cormontae Hamilton as a potential defensive lineman since this past fall. Initially, Ohio State offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Kevin Wilson rebuffed that suggestion, in part because he didn’t want Hamilton – a player he had personally recruited to be a member of his tight end room – to think Wilson was giving up on him.
“Coach Johnson wanted Cormontae Hamilton at D-line.