Marcus Williamson didn’t wait until after the 2020 season to announce he’d be back for a fifth year at Ohio State.
Five days before January’s national championship game, the Buckeyes’ starting cover safety said he still had “unfinished business” and wanted to help a struggling secondary “get to the standard that we know we hold ourselves to.”
In that moment nine months ago, the Westerville, Ohio, native didn’t expect to be pursuing those goals from the sideline in 2021.
After starting all eight games for Ohio State last year, playing fewer snaps than only Shaun Wade and Sevyn Banks among Buckeye defensive backs, Williamson has seen the field less than nine other DBs in 2021.