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Article published April 21, 2009
St. John's grad adjusting to OSU
Mewhort no longer always biggest guy on the field
By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


Mewhort

COLUMBUS - There's not usually a "low profile" option available to someone who stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 290 pounds, but Jack Mewhort has found a place where he just sort of blends in with the surroundings.

The former standout for St. John's Jesuit is close to completing his first spring football practice period at Ohio State, and it became evident from the day he arrived that Mewhort was no longer casting the biggest shadow on the field.

"You go from high school and being the all-star and the biggest, strongest guy on the field, and then coming in here where you're just another one of the guys," Mewhort said last week as the Buckeyes worked out in preparation for Saturday's Scarlet & Gray Spring Game in Ohio Stadium.

"That's probably the biggest adjustment - the size and the strength and the speed of everybody else. It's all work - it's a physical game."

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