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Ohio State is THE Cornerback U!

Thinking back, and maybe I'm actually starting in the wrong place, but thinking back, when Shawn Springs came, he set in motion a string of DB's that has been un-real for the last 10 years. (That's not to say OSU never had great DB's before, just that for the last 10, they've been incredible)

Springs, Howard (Under appreciated),Plummer, Winfield, Clements, Fox and Gamble.....

Now Yobouty... soon Jenkins .... Amos???
 
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Thinking back, and maybe I'm actually starting in the wrong place, but thinking back, when Shawn Springs came, he set in motion a string of DB's that has been un-real for the last 10 years. (That's not to say OSU never had great DB's before, just that for the last 10, they've been incredible)

Springs, Howard (Under appreciated),Plummer, Winfield, Clements, Fox and Gamble.....

Now Yobouty... soon Jenkins .... Amos???
Don't forget Derek Ross - not the best "character", but a nice player.
 
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Since we're talking about DBs and not just CBs specifically, how about Rob Kelly?

One of my all-time favorites.

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Springs ushered an era of 14 DBs drafted in 8 years. Salley (& Youboty?) will be drafted next year. Jenkins definitely has the potential to be drafted. I think Whitner has to be taken with all of the impact plays he makes.

Miami, who I would consider our main competition for DB U, has only had 9 DBs drafted since 97.
Michigan has had 4.

In 2005, Miami had 1, Michigan had 1, and Ohio State had 1. (add to the above totals, and make the span 9 years)

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">1997</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="left">Shawn Springs</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Seattle</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">1997</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="left">Rob Kelly</td><td align="left">FS</td><td align="left">New Orleans</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">1997</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">84</td><td align="left">Ty Howard</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Arizona</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">1999</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="left">Antoine Winfield</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Buffalo</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">1999</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">128</td><td align="left">Damon Moore</td><td align="left">SS</td><td align="left">Philadelphia</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2000</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="left">Ahmed Plummer</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">San Francisco</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2000</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">126</td><td align="left">Gary Berry</td><td align="left">FS</td><td align="left">Green Bay</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2001</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="left">Nate Clements</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Buffalo</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2001</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">228</td><td align="left">Derek Combs</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Oakland</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2002</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="left">Derek Ross</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Dallas</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2003</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">58</td><td align="left">Mike Doss</td><td align="left">SS</td><td align="left">Indianapolis</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2003</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">154</td><td align="left">Donnie Nickey</td><td align="left">FS</td><td align="left">Tennessee</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2004</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="left">Chris Gamble</td><td align="left">CB</td><td align="left">Carolina</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">2004</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">111</td><td align="left">Will Allen</td><td align="left">SS</td><td align="left">Tampa Bay</td></tr></tbody> </table>
 
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Jenkins is going to be a solid corner, but he was lucky a time or two in both the Iowa and Penn State games that the ball was overthrown on a couple of deep plays where the WR got behind him by a few steps. Hopefully he'll get that fixed soon, and if he does he'll be a lockdown corner. Can't wait to see what Amos can do, the way he was raved about in camp.
 
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