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DE Joey Bosa (Def ROY, 3x Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Chargers)

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Ohio State football: Freshman starting on Ohio State D-line a rarity for Meyer
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Friday October 11, 2013


  • Kyle Robertson | Dispatch
    Defensive end Joey Bosa comes from a family of NFL linemen.

    Coach Urban Meyer clarified a point yesterday about Ohio State freshman Joey Bosa and the playing time he has received since replacing banged-up defensive end Adolphus Washington four games ago.

    “Joey Bosa is not a ‘throw in there,’ he’s a starter,” Meyer said during his radio call-in show on WBNS-FM. “Joey Bosa is the starter right now. He’s a starting defensive lineman as a true freshman at Ohio State, which is quite a mouthful.”

    In his 12th year as a head coach, Meyer thinks Bosa is the first to achieve that status.

    “He’s an impact player, and I’ve never really had a freshman D lineman” do that, Meyer said earlier in the week as the unbeaten Buckeyes headed toward a bye on Saturday. “Usually a cornerback, receiver, running back can step in and play, but his future is kind of silly around here if he keeps going.

    “He’s just so strong, he torques people,” Meyer said, citing Bosa’s ability to bench-press 225 pounds 30 times. “Some guys are real strong, but they don’t use it. But he is a long-levered guy, and you can tell.”

    Meyer is hardly surprised by Bosa’s football prowess. His father, John, was a star defensive lineman at Boston College in the 1980s and was taken in the first round of the 1987 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins. His uncle, Eric Kumerow, played defensive end at Ohio State in the 1980s and was taken in the first round of the ’88 draft by Miami.

    The pro careers of John Bosa and Kumerow were cut short by injuries, but it’s the pedigree that Joey Bosa inherited.

    “It’s a big football family,” Meyer said. “And you can tell football has been in his world his entire life.”

    Yet Bosa said he knows his place, even after his two-sack game on Saturday at Northwestern, which he capped by recovering a wayward lateral in the end zone on the last play for a touchdown.

    “The fact is that I am a freshman, and everyone knows I’m a freshman, so I am still getting picked on a little bit,” Bosa said.

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“He's an impact player and I've never really had a freshman defensive lineman (make such an impact),” said Urban Meyer .... His future is kind of silly around here if he keeps going.” ... “He's just so strong,” Meyer explained. .... “He torques people. He benches 225 like 30 times, some crazy number, and he uses it. Some guys are really strong and they don't use it, but he's a long-levered guy
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http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2013/ByeWeek/BosaComingOn.html
 
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http://thelantern.com/2013/10/freshman-defensive-lineman-joey-bosa-listed-starter-game-iowa/
Freshman defensive lineman Joey Bosa listed as starter for game against Iowa
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Freshman defensive lineman Joey Bosa is listed as a starter ahead of sophomore defensive lineman Adolphus Washington on Ohio State’s most recent two-deep depth chart, released Tuesday.
 
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Bill Lucas said:
I'm thinking that the groin injury for Washington is being problematic.

Still, I don't see a beat being missed with Bosa in the game. Impact freshman.
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That injury can definitely linger, which sucks. But it's great to have a guy like Joey be able to step up and if he performs like he's been doing, our d line will show no drop off.
 
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Bill King had a guest on yesterday morning - I want to say it was someone with Bucknuts - they agreed that after Shazier, Bosa is the #2 playmaker on that defense. Bill King tried to put Roby in the 2 spot, at first, and whoever the guest was said that Roby has been underperforming, and that Bosa should probably be there. Pretty high praise, if you ask me.
 
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Silent Nature said:
If players like Noah Spence can increase his weight to 250ish lbs with one year of strength training, I'm scared to see what would happen with Bosa. Could he actually exceed John Simon in terms of being a workout warrior?
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That's not a fair question to ask of Joey. Simon probably had a workout designed for when he was brushing his teeth.

Of course I came here to post something nice about Joey 2 days ago and developed a man crush instead. While I'm not quite ready to give up on the possibility that a speedy BUCKEYE freshman will strike the Heisman pose after returning his sixth punt for a touchdown on 11/30/2013, Joey just might be the first player under Urban to reach legendary status. The path at least is laid out before him. Some day a father will say, "You should have seen Bosa son, he could just wave his hand at a QB and they'd fall over.".
 
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