The Ohio State football team is in the middle of spring practices and all of the attention is on the heated quarterback position and other position battles that will go a long way to determining what the team will look like in 2021.
Although position switches are less prominent in the day and age of transferring, they can still occur. Schools like Ohio State recruit five-star athletes by the dozen. With logjams occurring all over the place on the depth chart, it is a great idea to move some of these elite athletes around to get them on the field and improve the Buckeyes’ chances across the entire roster.
Ohio State is no stranger to position changes. We all remember when Braxton Miller moved from quarterback to wide receiver. Miller moving helped the offense become more explosive and also improved his draft stock. More recently, Cade Stover moved from linebacker to tight end to add depth at that position.
And now we have a couple of significant changes early on in 2021. A few days ago it was announced that two former four-star recruits are working out at other positions for 2021, but will the moves have the same effect? Will they stick, and will they last?