By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) — The Ohio State Buckeyes checked in for the start of preseason camp, with the first practice tomorrow and the Buckeyes putting on full pads for the first time next Tuesday.

Some notes from check-in and early interviews:

* Incoming freshman running back Roderick Smith was the only player expected who didn’t report by the first meeting early this afternoon. Smith is expected to arrive from his home in Indiana either tonight or tomorrow. He was finishing some academic work and didn’t come to campus for summer workouts with the rest of the freshmen in June.

* The players had a late-night workout on Tuesday in one final time with the strength and conditioning staff. It started at 10 p.m. and went until midnight and included the players pushing a van around a track in groups of five or six players. It was meant to……

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Tackles J.B. Shugarts, left, and Mike Adams arrive at the team hotel for the beginning of Ohio State's preseason camp today. (PHOTO: Doug Lesmerises)

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