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OHIO STATE INSIDER Bryant Browning
Redshirt Browning wins scholar award


Friday, October 20, 2006

Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter

Columbus -- Freshman offensive lineman Bryant Browning won't see the field while redshirting for Ohio State this season, but he's already won a national award. The Glenville High graduate has been named one of five National High School Scholar Athletes for what he accomplished his senior year at Glenville, when he ranked first in his graduating class of 325 and also served as class president.
As the Midwest Region honoree, he'll receive his award at the National Football Foundation's awards luncheon in New York on Dec. 5.
"I've never been to New York before," Browning said after practice Thursday. "My family's proud of me because they know how hard I worked to keep my grades up and to see it paying off, it really makes them proud to know they helped me to be such a great young man."
Browning credits his older brother Robert, a junior starting offensive guard for Georgetown University's football team, for inspiring his academic accomplishments.
"We kind of competed with grades," said Browning, "so me looking up to him, I always wanted to do as well as him."
Browning will major in business at Ohio State and said he currently has two A's and a B in the classes he's taking. A 328-pound lineman, last week he was named one of the Buckeyes' scout team players of the week.
Previous Midwest Region winners of the award include Buckeyes backup quarterback Justin Zwick in 2002.
Patterson out:
Starting senior defensive tackle David Patterson will miss his second straight game after having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee 10 days ago. He sprained knee ligaments against Bowling Green on Oct. 7 and will sit out against Indiana on Saturday after missing last Saturday's win over Michigan State.
"If there weren't such a long season left, if you had just a game or two and then a month of rest pretty soon, you might have pushed the envelope a little bit," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "We've got a long grind ahead of us.
Senior Joel Penton will start in Patterson's place. Linebacker Curtis Terry should see more time as a defensive lineman on passing downs as he did last week.
Laurinaitis the semifinalist:
Ohio State sophomore linebacker James Laurinaitis was named as one of 10 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given each year to the nation's best linebacker. Created in 1985, the only Buckeye to previously win the award was Andy Katzenmoyer, who won it as a sophomore in 1997.
The other nominees are 2005 winner Paul Posluszny of Penn State, David Harris of Michigan, Mississippi's Patrick Willis, Rey Maualuga of USC, Sam Olajubtu of Arkansas, Brandon Siler of Florida, H.B. Blades of Pittsburgh, Buster Davis from Florida State and Ali Highsmith of LSU.
Laurinaitis and Maualuga are the only sophomores among the semifinalists. Laurinaitis leads Ohio State with 8.43 tackles a game, ranks fourth in tackles among the semifinalists and has more interceptions (four) than any of them.
Three finalists will be announced on Nov. 9 with the winner named on Dec. 9. OSU's A.J. Hawk was a finalist last season.
Nicklaus the dotter:
Ohio State confirmed that golf legend Jack Nicklaus will dot the "I" in Script Ohio when Ohio State plays host to Minnesota on homecoming next Saturday.
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Bryant has trimmed down to the 310 range and is in the mix for PT this year.

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Coach Bollman talking about Bryant...

"The best thing I see out of Bryant is a little steady improvement each day. He does something, one aspect of the game, a little better every day. That is the most pleasing thing to me. He is continuing to build his repertoire and that is what you want."

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Glenville grad Bryant Browning got the first shot at filling the most obvious hole in the OSU lineup this spring, and when he enters his sophomore season in the fall, he should have an edge on the right tackle job.
"If we had a game tomorrow, it would be Bryant," Jim Tressel said after Saturday's game. "He's very dependable. He's got power. He does some things that we think are going to be very, very special, and he works like crazy. We've felt that way since he's been here, that he's going to be a good player."
Browning faced off with defensive end Cameron Heyward much of the time Saturday, and quarterback Todd Boeckman liked what he saw.
"He did some good things out there today," Boeckman said. "He's big and powerful and he has great feet, and he's looking great right now."
Browning could still face competition from true freshman Mike Adams, rated by some as the top lineman recruit in the country. He enrolled for spring ball, but was sidelined after left shoulder surgery. But this week, Adams said he plans to be back for fall and isn't thinking about redshirting, so that fight could be on.

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Offensive Line Comments: The offensive lines were very much a patchwork affair for the game due to a rash of injuries at that position.

That slowed both offenses, particularly in the rushing game. The one bright spot was at right tackle where the Buckeyes must replace Kirk Barton from last year's starting unit. It's pretty clear that Bryant Browning has stepped up to win that spot.
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"That's the guy I was going to bring up, Bryant Browning," said Boeckman.

"I think he did some good things out there today. He was going against Cameron (Heyward) for the most part and I don't think Cameron did too much today, so you've got to give a lot of credit to Bryant. He's been doing some really great things this spring."

"He's very dependable, he's got power, he does some things we think are very, very special," said Tressel.

"He works like crazy. We've felt that way every since he's been here, that he's going to be a good player, and he's continued to grow and we think he's going to be a good one."

"I think if we had a game tomorrow it would be Bryant (at right tackle)," Tressel said.

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The other side of the bookends was one of the bigger stories in this game. Bryant Browning started for the Gray squad and played very well, in my opinion. Jim Tressel mentioned in the postgame that he felt Browning did well because he didn't remember hearing Cameron Heyward's name mentioned. And that was the case. Browning held his own against Heyward all game long. In fact, I think you could probably attribute Heyward's personal foul late in the game to the frustration he had been dealing with trying to get around Browning. At 6'4", Bryant Browning is not the ideal height for a tackle, but what he lacks in height, he makes up for in width. It wasn't all great for Browning, however, as Thaddeus Gibson got by him with only a juke on a pass rush early in the game. Other than that, though, Browning was strong. He is very reminiscent of Rob Sims. Right now, he's the Buckeye's number one guy at right tackle, and I feel pretty good about that.