Ryan Day made an interesting comment during a 20-minute press conference with Ohio State beat reporters on Tuesday.
With Ohio State’s running back depth looking thin behind two-time All-Big Ten honoree TreVeyon Henderson and two-time All-SEC selection Quinshon Judkins, Day said safety Caleb Downs could get some looks at the position.
“We started having conversations with Caleb during the recruiting process of him doing a little bit of running back as well,” Day said. “It’s something he wanted to do. We’ve been having him in the meetings and some of the individual drills – as a possibility there if he’s needed down the road – to continue to build depth at the position,”
Day’s comments come as a surprise, considering Downs transferred to Ohio State after a stellar season in the secondary at Alabama.