When Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and running backs coach Tony Alford initially approached Steele Chambers this spring with the idea of moving him to linebacker, the third-year Buckeye was hesitant.
Chambers loves playing running back, and knew a move to linebacker would mean going back to square one and learning Ohio State’s defense after spending the past two years with Ohio State’s offense. So Chambers chose to stay at running back for spring practices, as Alford and Day said it was up to him whether he wanted to change positions.
Following the spring game, though, Chambers had another conversation with Ohio State linebackers coach Al Washington, who wanted the Georgia native – who Washington had recruited as a linebacker when Chambers was in high school – to join his room.