By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For several seasons, Ohio State basically has been going without a backup at one of its starting positions. So while the Buckeyes must fill the safety holes created by the loss of seniors Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell, who combined to start 74 games in their Buckeye careers, there is other work to be done in the secondary this spring. Ohio State's "star" position, what the Buckeyes call the fifth ... Read More

By: Sean Jackson (Examiner.com) -- The Buckeyes kick off spring camp today. Spring camp consists of 15 practices and culminates with the Scarlet and Gray game on Saturday April 24. The camp serves as a learning tool for both players and coaches. For coaches it gives them an idea of what they have. While spring camp won’t finalize the depth chart it gives coaches a clearer picture of who stands out going into the summer. For players this is a crucial time. Not only ... Read More

By: Tony Grossi (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- CLEVELAND -- After fairly glowing reviews from his pro day workout last week, the Browns need some catchup work on Ohio State linebacker Thaddeus Gibson. They reportedly have scheduled a visit with Gibson on April 1. The Browns had two scouts at Gibson's scintillating workout at Ohio State on March 12. That was the day the Browns were preoccupied with the signing of quarterback Jake Delhomme and the future trades of Brady Quinn and Kamerion Wimbley. At his workouts, ... Read More

From: CincyJungle.com -- On March 12, the Ohio State Buckeyes held their Pro Day putting stocked (not all of whom are first rounders) defensive talent on display. Most notable is that some of the players that stood out are at positions that the Bengals could elect to address during next month's NFL Draft. Like defensive linemen Doug Worthington, Robert Rose, Lawrence Wilson, Thaddeus Gibson or safety Kurt Coleman. Mocking the Draft ranks Worthington as the 18th best defensive tackle and Coleman as the ... Read More

By: Matt Pawlikowski (Examiner.com) -- PITTSBURGH - The Steelers more than likely, unless they pull yet another trade or sign a free-agent will be searching for a cornerback come draft day. Here's a potential sleeper no one is talking about, but a player from a big time school in Ohio State who could help the Steelers. Although he has played strong safety, he is expected to switch to cornerback and many have him going in the fourth or fifth rounds because of that. His ... Read More

By: Tony Grossi (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Thaddeus Gibson was the Buckeyes player most of the 29 NFL teams on hand came to see at Ohio State's pro day workouts Friday. He did not disappoint. The Pittsburgh Steelers were the most visibly interested. They were in full force, with Kevin Colbert, VP of football operations, leading a contingent that included defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau and two other coaches. As if sensing their presence, Gibson, of Euclid, entered the Woody Hayes Athletic Center ... Read More

By: Aaron Wilson (The National Football Post via Yahoo) -- Ohio State defensive end-outside linebacker Thaddeus Gibson wasn’t the only Buckeye that delivered a strong performance during today’s campus Pro Day workout. Outside linebacker Austin Spitler, a 6-foot-2, 243-pound projected middle-round to late-round projection, clocked a 4.23 short shuttle and a 6.7 three-cone Cialis drill with a 32-inch vertical leap and bench pressed 225 pounds 32 times, according to a league source. We’re told that NFL scouts were extremely impressed ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former Ohio State defensive linemen Doug Worthington and Thaddeus Gibson were perfecting an agility drill with OSU strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter on Tuesday. They were two of the dozen or so Buckeyes striving for every little edge in speed and strength while preparing to work out for NFL teams. Not Aaron Pettrey. Though he's one of four Buckeyes -- along with Worthington, Gibson and safety Kurt Coleman -- invited to the NFL ... Read More

By: Doug DiLillo (TheLantern.com) -- The senior leaders on the Ohio State football team ended their careers at OSU with a triumphant Rose Bowl win, but their work isn’t over. Several of the top seniors and junior Thaddeus Gibson have spent their time after the bowl victory not by celebrating Cheap Alli Online but by preparing for the next step of their football careers. The process of moving from college football to the NFL involves intense training to prepare for the NFL Combine and ... Read More

COLUMBUS - Joe Montgomery, a former New York Giants running back who played for Ohio State (1994-99), has sued the Buckeyes, claiming an 11-year-old falsely-reported medical report was used by the NFL to deny him workers' compension last year. The report said Montgomery suffered from high blood pressure and hay fever. In other Ohio State news: In ESPN.com's Way-Too-Early College Football Top 25, writer Mark Schlabach puts the Buckeyes at No. 2 entering the 2010 season, just behind National Champions Alabama. The Buckeyes might finally ... Read More

By: Jim Naveau (RecoredPub.com)-- COLUMBUS — The standards have been set so high in Ohio State football that it seems like there are only two kinds of off-seasons anymore. There are the off-seasons where people talk about winning a national championship. And then there are off-seasons where people really, seriously talk about winning a national championship. Call them a Category One off-season and a Category Two off-season. With the possibility of as many as 16 starters returning from the OSU team that beat Oregon 26-17 in ... Read More

By: Kevin Baxter (LATimes.com) -- The phone call came three years ago this month. Kurt Coleman remembers it as if it happened yesterday. It's hard to forget the night your father called to tell you he was dying. "It was Dec. 3, 2006," said Coleman, Ohio State's All-Big Ten strong safety. "And he basically just said 'I have cancer.' I started laughing. Why are you joking? "And he was like, 'No, I'm serious.' " It was breast cancer, a disease so rare among males it strikes ... Read More