Coach Urban Meyer responded to criticism Monday that Ohio State mistreated freshman defensive back Jamel Dean, who enrolled early in January to join the Buckeyes but was disqualified from playing football by team medical personnel because of previous knee injuries.
“I grade us an A-plus,” Meyer said of the handling of Dean’s situation.
Sources told The Dispatch last week that medical personnel found a serious knee condition, the result of two injuries suffered during Dean’s high-school career in Cocoa, Fla. The sources said Dean, his family and others were told in January that he would not be allowed to play football at Ohio State and the school would offer him a full medical hardship scholarship instead.