Jim Knowles hasn’t been bashful in his praise for Ronnie Hickman this spring.
If the glowing reviews he’s espoused about the fourth-year safety are to be taken at face value, it would be safe to surmise Hickman is at or near the top of the list of Buckeyes who have made a distinctly positive impression on Knowles during his first few months as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator.
“I just think (Hickman)’s a heads up guy, I think he’s a football player, he understands defense, he communicates, he’s got a great personality,” Knowles said on March 8 after Ohio State’s first practice of the spring.