Looks like Vernon has been getting noticed. From the Ozone:
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That will change beginning Saturday when the Buckeyes put on the pads for the first time. When they do, all eyes will be on the
OSU defense, where the Buckeyes must replace nine starters from last year's team.
OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel is one of those who will have more-than a passing interest in how the Buckeye defense looks starting that day, but Tressel sounded optimistic about the defensive side of the ball on
OSU photo day.
"We've just had shoulder pads on for one day," he said.
"The two days in helmets they looked fast, in shoulder pads they looked fast, now when we get the full pads on Saturday we'll see if they can bend their knees and really play low and tackle," he said.
Though standouts are difficult to tab this early in the camp, there is one name that Tressel mentioned of a player who started making a move last spring and who his teammates think could make a big difference in
OSU's defense.
"If you had to say which one catches your eye from a year ago, to me the one that has shown a lot is Vernon Gholston," Quinn Pitcock told me that if Vernon can keep playing the way he's been playing we've got a chance, and I agree with him," said Tressel.