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DT Antwuan Jackson (St. Louis Battlehawks)

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calibuck said:
Not certain why, time running out might be a biggie, but it appears that many of the senior players have 'break-out' years their senior year. Marshon Lattimore, the 5* LB from DC area (old age brain farts), and hopefully Antwuan follows. I know there are more than these, but sometimes cannot remember what I had for breakfast. Anyway, Script's showing the total snaps, means the people stepping in the trenches are 'blooded'. Wish the DBs would have played more people, more often. But hey, that's why these coaches are paid the big bucks. Go Buckeyes!
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Lattimore declared as a redshirt soph. Are you thinking of Doss or Jenkins?
 
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Not certain, Oregon. Doss played all four and Jenkins left after junior. Thought Lattimore was injured, then re-injured, and finally played exceptionally well his senior year. Am probably mistaken. Thanks
 
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calibuck said:
Not certain why, time running out might be a biggie, but it appears that many of the senior players have 'break-out' years their senior year. Marshon Lattimore, the 5* LB from DC area (old age brain farts), and hopefully Antwuan follows. I know there are more than these, but sometimes cannot remember what I had for breakfast. Anyway, Script's showing the total snaps, means the people stepping in the trenches are 'blooded'. Wish the DBs would have played more people, more often. But hey, that's why these coaches are paid the big bucks. Go Buckeyes!
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I'm thinking of Curtis Grant, but not sure he was from DC. Matt Wilhelm is the main example I think of. I was younger, but pretty sure he took a huge leap to be CAA in 2002.
 
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“Antwuan is one of those guys who is a fifth-year guy coming back so he gets it now,” Johnson said. “He’s a much smarter football player. He reads and reacts to things well. That’s where Tommy was. Tommy was a really smart player.”

Jackson understood the need for growth and development. Now he can use it as he pushes for stardom.

“I’d still say it’s a process like Coach J tells us,” Jackson said. “In his program and as a Rushman, it takes like two or three years to get there to reach your potential. I really trust Coach J and having this extra year to keep improving, it’s really a big blessing to me. I have a big offseason coming up for myself. Been writing down things for myself to get done when we have this break after spring ball.

“I’d say it’s a big summer for me, and it starts right now in spring ball.”
 
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This year, Jackson will try to make his final ascent as a Buckeye, and it could catapult him into the starting 11.

Tommy Togiai is gone, off to the NFL. His absence opens up a hole that Jackson, along with Jerron Cage, Ty Hamilton and a couple others, will try to plug. He’s not a replica of the outgoing starter but still can work just fine in this defense, his position coach says.

“Really, the nose position is a different position,” Johnson said in April. “You have to be a powerful guy. Very strong. And you have to be quick. And that’s why you loved (Robert Landers), because he was so quick on the inside. In Tommy’s case, he was so powerful inside, you hardly could move him. Antwuan’s a quicker guy inside, so he’ll give us more movement on the inside as we go forward.”

Johnson says Jackson “gets it now,” calling him a “much smarter football player” who “reads and reacts to things really well.” In that regard, he said, he compares favorably to Togiai.

So far, however, Jackson’s on-field play hasn’t matched Togiai. He’s been solid. Done his job. But he hopes to be more than just serviceable in his last – and unexpected – go-round.

“I have a big offseason coming up for myself,” Jackson said in the midst of spring camp. “Just been writing down things for myself to get done once we have this break after spring ball. I'd say it's a big summer for me, really.”
 
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That said, Jackson is grateful for the opportunity he had to play for Ohio State, and he believes he did a good job of playing the role he was asked to play.

“Of course, as a football player, you always want to get plays back and wish you could do more,” Jackson said. “But I feel like I did pretty good just holding my gaps and just playing hard. Just doing everything I can for my teammates. So I think it went pretty good.”

He also thinks the versatility he’s developed by playing both defensive tackle spots on Ohio State’s defensive line can make him more valuable to an NFL defensive line.

“It just showed that I can play both and it just showed that I’m smart enough to switch and I can learn the playbook and learn all the positions they need me at,” Jackson said. “So I think that’ll help me a lot.”

Jackson says he learned a lot about both football and life from Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson, and he says the thing he is going to miss most about being a Buckeye is the camaraderie he shared with his teammates.

“You’re mainly just going to miss the people you’ve been around, you be around them all day every day, so you’re just going to miss the brotherhood and the relationships you built with teachers, coaches, players,” said Jackson, who said his favorite memory from his Ohio State career was actually a play made by one of his teammates: Jerron Cage’s fumble return touchdown against Penn State this past season.
 
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Six former Ohio State football players are on the initial rosters for the United Football League.

The UFL held its initial player dispersal draft on Friday, allowing each of the eight teams in the new spring league for professional football – resulting from the merger of the XFL and the USFL – to protect 42 players from their 2023 rosters while adding up to 20 players from the rosters of teams within their previous league that will not be a part of the new league.
The initial rosters selected by each team in that draft were announced Monday, and those rosters include six former Ohio State football players:
  • CB Cameron Brown, Arlington Renegades
  • TE Marcus Baugh, Birmingham Stallions
  • WR Binjimen Victor, Birmingham Stallions
  • CB Gareon Conley, D.C. Defenders
  • DT Taron Vincent, San Antonio Brahmas
  • DT Antwuan Jackson, St. Louis Battlehawks
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Six Former Ohio State Players on United Football League Rosters After Initial Dispersal Draft

Gareon Conley, Cameron Brown, Marcus Baugh, Binjimen Victor, Taron Vincent and Antwuan Jackson are among the players on initial rosters for the United Football League.
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