When Tim Walton met with the media at the beginning of February, there was one theme that permeated throughout the Ohio State cornerback coach’s interview session: Competition.
Out of all positions on Ohio State’s defense, cornerback is the one that looks to be the widest open for competition this spring. And that’s exactly the way Walton wants it.
“What we've got to do now is we’ve got to create competition. We've gotta open this thing up,” Walton said. “Let guys go earn jobs and go play and go compete. That's what it's about.”
Walton says there’s “no real pecking order” entering the spring at cornerback, where the Buckeyes are set to have seven scholarship players this season: juniors Denzel Burke and Jordan Hancock, sophomores Jyaire Brown and Davison Igbinosun, redshirt freshman Ryan Turner and true freshmen Jermaine Mathews Jr.