
12-17-2008, 06:55 AM
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Ohio State football: Wells appears ready to move on
Tressel says back is NFL-ready; others ask to be assessed
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:13 AM
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Ohio State football team got some practice yesterday for what it likely will have to do in 2009: go on without Chris "Beanie" Wells. The junior running back was supposed to take part in media day as the Buckeyes prepare to face Texas in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 5.
Wells, though, either was accompanying one of his brothers to a doctor or simply forgot about the interviews -- or possibly both, according to a team spokesman.
It seemed fitting, considering that on Dec. 7, coach Jim Tressel basically shoved Wells toward the NFL. Asked about Wells having a tough decision to make, Tressel said, "If it were me, it wouldn't be tough," and made it sound like a no-brainer for his star ball-carrier.
That theme continued yesterday, when Tressel said that six underclassmen had filed paperwork with the NFL to get a report of their likely draft status.
The list: receiver Brian Hartline, safeties Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell, tight end Jake Ballard, guard Jim Cordle and cornerback Donald Washington.
And Wells?
"Beanie didn't need to fill out the paperwork," Tressel said. "I told him to save the transcript, save the paper."
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