MINNEAPOLIS – Of the seven players who started in the back seven for Ohio State’s defense on Thursday night at Minnesota, only one of them had ever started a game for the Buckeyes before.
That player was Josh Proctor, and by the end of the game, he wasn’t on the field anymore either.
It was already known all offseason that Ohio State would have to rely on inexperienced linebackers after losing every linebacker that started a game from last season. The Buckeyes ultimately went with Teradja Mitchell and Tommy Eichenberg as their two starting inside linebackers while Ronnie Hickman started at the bullet position, as all three of them made their first starts.