Larry Johnson nearly faced a dicey situation.
Sure, the legendary Ohio State defensive line coach probably would have found a way to work through it. Nobody has ever gotten rich betting against him. Yet he could have had Tommy Togiai, Haskell Garrett and Antwuan Jackson walk out of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for the last time, leaving him a suddenly thin group of defensive tackles. He prefers to rotate three – or, at the very least, two – linemen at both the nose tackle and 3-technique spots, and had they all three gone pro, Johnson would have returned only two players at the position who played more than 25 snaps during the 2020 season.