Cade Stover and four key Ohio State defensive players missed time with injuries against Rutgers as freshmen Jermaine Mathews Jr. and Malik Hartford stepped up in the secondary.
Cade Stover and a healthy – or unhealthy, more like – serving of defensive players dealt with injuries that either knocked them out of Saturday’s game against Rutgers or kept them playing altogether.prior to the game, but Ohio State’s secondary suffered a third blow when Josh Proctor left the contest after helping make one of the game’s biggest plays.
“I was a little frustrated . I felt OK. But it was probably best for me to sit out.”Day said after the game that he didn’t know yet when Ransom and Burke will be able to return. Stover was not listed on the pregame injury report and went through warmups with the Buckeyes, but was wearing a brace throughout the day on a knee that he initially injured against Penn State. Day said he expects Stover to be back for next week’s game against Michigan State.
It’s the second time Mathews has seen meaningful reps for Ohio State this season, though the first was on an even bigger stage in the Buckeyes’ top-10 showdown against Penn State on Oct. 21. With Burke also out in that game, Mathews rotated with Jordan Hancock at the spot and made three tackles with a pass breakup on a third-down deep shot from the Nittany Lions.
“Those guys are good players, they’re going to be great players. You show your mettle early in your career when you can step up for the team in a big game, and we’re confident in them.”With the depth chart depleted by injuries, two other young Ohio State defensive backs also took their first snaps of the season against Rutgers on Saturday.
Both Stokes and Simpson-Hunt still have three games available to play and still maintain their redshirts for this year as Ohio State enters its final three contests of the regular season.For the second year in a row, Jesse Mirco ran a fake punt against Rutgers that wasn’t called by Ohio State’s head coach.
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