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Jakob James Ready to Compete for Starting Center Job in Preseason Camp After Missing Spring with Injury

Jakob James had to watch from the sideline as Carson Hinzman and Victor Cutler Jr. split first-team center reps this spring.

After undergoing surgery this offseason for an injury he says he suffered last season, James was unable to participate in any of Ohio State’s 15 spring practices. But he says he’s “fully good to go” now as the Buckeyes prepare to begin preseason camp next week.

“It feels good to be back and just working hard with my brothers,” James told Eleven Warriors at the CareSource Football ProCamp on Friday. “It was just a little injury.