We’re athletes at the end of the day and he knows that, so he wants us to use our athletic ability to make those plays. He wants us to look at the right things and by doing that it allows us to play faster and make plays. And by playing fast, you’ve got to know the offense and you’ve got to know what to look at. The idea is to turn his athletes loose and let them fly around the field, When talking about the new version of this defense at Media Day, Hickman said Knowles wants to make things as simple as possible, while still allowing his team to combat what the offense is doing. I think Hickman can be the upgrade I’ve been hoping for at this position. He led the team in tackles despite being just 195 pounds and having to line up near the line of scrimmage in the box quite often.

Hickman played the hybrid bullet position and was one of the two most productive players on the OSU defense last year, along with Denzel Burke. As I detailed in an article back in June (read that here), the Ohio State football team has struggled at free safety since the departure of Jordan Fuller. I really like the idea of Hickman moving into this role. I think just about everyone expected Josh Proctor to assume that role since he was the starter at free safety before suffering a season-ending injury last year. The adjuster is what Knowles calls the free safety because that guy is in charge of moving his teammates around and getting them lined up properly based on the offensive formation. While talking about the new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ scheme, Hickman mentioned he would be playing the adjuster position. That is the case with something Ohio State’s Ronnie Hickman said last week at the conference’s annual get-together in Indianapolis. When you do get one of those nuggets, it is usually something that flies under the radar. However, from a pure football x’s and o’s standpoint, you rarely get much, if anything at all. Oh sure, every now and then a few players, who beat their biggest rival for the first time in ten years, shoot their mouth off WAY too much. Big Ten Media Days usually yield few things that really get your attention towards the Ohio State football team.

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