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Football
Projected Spring Depth Chart: Offense
By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS, Ohio — There are going to be a number of changes on offense for the Buckeyes this spring as they transition from an erratic shotgun/power offense under Jim Bollman to a precision-based spread attack under Urban Meyer.

Meyer and new offensive coordinator Tom Herman will work together to develop a way to best fit Ohio State’s personnel into what they want to do offensively. There is no question that getting the ball to the best playmakers will be priority No. 1 for the new staff.

A lot can, and probably will, change between now and the start of spring practice. The Buckeyes have only just begun their first off-season of conditioning under new strength and conditioning coordinator Mickey Marotti, but we take an early look at what the Ohio State depth chart might look like offensively in the spring.

Key Losses on Offense: RB Boom Herron, OL Mike Adams, WR DeVier Posey, OL Michael Brewster, OL J.B. Shugarts, QB Taylor Graham (transfer to Hawaii)

QUARTERBACK

5 Braxton Miller (6-3, 210, So.) — 67-134 (50%), 997 yards (7.4/pass), 11 TD, 4 INT
13 Kenny Guiton (6-2, 195, rJr.)
*Cardale Jones (6-5, 217, Fr.)
17 Justin Siems (6-2, 209, rJr.)

HALFBACK

34 Carlos Hyde (6-0, 238, rSo.) — 101 carries, 549 yards (5.4), 6 TD
7 Jordan Hall (5-9, 195, Sr.) — 96 carries, 384 yards (4.0), 2 TD
2 Rod Smith (6-3, 230, rSo.) — 29 carries, 116 yards (4.0), 1 TD
*Bri’onte Dunn (6-2, 215, Fr.)

H-BACK

44 Zach Boren (6-0, 252, Sr.) — 6 catches, 60 yards
49 Adam Homan (6-2, 248, Sr.)
33 David Durham (6-1, 245, rSo.)

SPLIT END

15 Devin Smith (6-3, 190, So.) — 29 targets, 12 catches, 247 yards, 4 TD
*Mike Thomas (6-4, 203, Fr.)
18 T.Y. Williams (6-5, 228, rSo.) — 8 targets, 5 catches, 74 yards

FLANKER

10 Corey Brown (5-11, 182, Jr.) — 28 targets, 14 catches, 205 yards, 1 TD
16 Evan Spencer (6-1, 190, So.) — 7 targets, 3 catches, 78 yards, 1 TD
+9 Verlon Reed (6-0, 195, rSo.) — 14 targets, 9 catches, 132 yards

SLOT RECEIVER

7 Jordan Hall (5-9, 195, Sr.) — 12 catches, 114 yards, 3 TD
80 Chris Fields (6-0, 180, rJr.) — 21 targets, 7 catches, 101 yards

TIGHT END

11 Jake Stoneburner (6-5, 245, rSr.) — 25 targets, 14 catches, 193 yards, 7 TD
86 Jeff Heuerman (6-5, 240, So.) — 1 catch, 25 yards
81 Nick Vannett (6-6, 235, rFr.)

LEFT TACKLE

78 Andrew Norwell (6-5, 308, Jr.) — 14 career starts
79 Marcus Hall (6-5, 315, rJr.) — 6 career starts
69 Eric Kramer (6-4, 305, rSo.)

LEFT GUARD

74 Jack Mewhort (6-6, 303, rJr.) — 13 career starts
72 Chris Carter (6-6, 350, rFr.)
*Jacoby Boren (6-3, 273, Fr.)

CENTER

51 Brian Bobek (6-2, 280, So.)
71 Corey Linsley (6-2, 310, rJr.)
70 Tim Trummer (6-1, 285, rFr.)

RIGHT GUARD

71 Corey Linsley (6-2, 310, rJr.)
79 Marcus Hall (6-5, 315, rJr.)
64 Ivon Blackman (6-3, 322, rJr.)

RIGHT TACKLE

77 Reid Fragel (6-8, 280, Sr.) — Started Gator Bowl at TE
73 Antonio Underwood (6-3, 305, So.) — 1 career start
55 Tommy Brown (6-5, 320, rFr.)

Key

*Class of 2012 member who enrolled in January
**Class of 2012 member expected to enroll in March
Returning Starter
+Unlikely to participate in spring practice because of injury

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