Ryan Day says Carlos Locklyn was an 'absolute slam dunk' hire as running backs coach for Ohio State and Julian Sayin is 'in the mix' to start at quarterback.
Wednesday offered the first chance for the media to speak to Carlos Locklyn, who wasby the Buckeyes to replace Tony Alford as running backs coach on April 1. Locklyn, who says it's"surreal" to be at Ohio State given his story, feels he excels as an"elite relationship builder" when coaching.
"Most of the guys in the room knew Coach Lock from their recruiting days. ... When they heard that he was one of the finalists, they got excited, you could see it in their eyes." On the ongoing quarterback competition:"You're trying to see where they're at, but you're also trying to project what they could be into the summer."
On the spring game being televised by a major network:"To be the first-ever spring game that's gonna be nationally televised on FOX, that's great for our guys, great for our program."
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