When freshman linebacker Garrett Stover first stepped on campus for spring football, he was a bit undersized at 205 pounds.
Getting spring reps, Stover said it was his first time realizing he wasn’t in high school anymore and was now playing against “grown men,” a new but welcoming challenge. Early in his Ohio State tenure, he leaned on veterans such as Cody Simon, Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese for guidance.
“Those guys have been nothing but great,” Stover told Eleven Warriors at the national championship game. “Having guys like Cody, Arvell, Sonny, guys you can look up to and see how they work and take coaching, I’m doing anything I can to pick their brain and learn from that.