Initially concerned by the fast pace at which Jim Knowles has installed his defense at Ohio State, Tanner McCalister says the Buckeyes have picked things up “really fast.”
A few weeks into his first spring camp at Ohio State, Tanner McCalister experienced some mild apprehension.alongside Jim Knowles to play his final year of college football in 2022, but with the rate at which his longtime defensive coordinator was dumping information on the Buckeyes’ defensive personnel. A liaison between his new Ohio State teammates and their new coach, McCalister raised the concern with Knowles more than once.
“The guys have handled it really well. All the coaches would tell you the same thing. Everybody’s handled how much he’s thrown at them really well,” McCalister said. “Everybody’s adjusting pretty fast. It’s definitely different from my previous school. He’s put in almost the whole playbook just in the spring, which is good, because now everybody can see this is what the defense is gonna look like.
“You got some veteran guys like Cam Brown, he’s a vet at corner. It hasn’t been too bad of an adjustment for them. Honestly the whole back end’s picking it up.”Josh Proctor “Taking It Day By Day” in Recovery from Compound Fracture, But Confident He Can Be Impact Player in Jim Knowles’ Ohio State Defense
“It’s kind of an obvious thing. Coming in, the guys know I played with Coach Knowles, so when they have questions they don’t want to ask Coach, they definitely come to me and I answer the question,” McCalister said. “I’m here to help, obviously. So I kind of just fell into that role, not really being handed the role, I just kind of fell into – they know I was with Coach Knowles, so when they got a question, they ask Tanner. That’s kind of the position I’ve been put in.
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