Both recovered from leg fractures suffered last season, Josh Proctor and Lathan Ransom are making a substantial impact on a safety room that now appears to have depth to spare.
Ohio State’s 2021 season was bookended by perhaps the two most gruesome injuries suffered by any Buckeye all year. Eerily similar in nature, the incidents also afflicted the same position room.at Ohio Stadium in an air cast after his right leg was rolled up on near the end zone. Proctor didn’t see the field again all season, as the Buckeyes’ starting free safety sustained a leg fracture.
A spring injury to Kourt Williams helped clear the way for Proctor to earn that role, but a healthy Williams hasn’t managed to take back the starting spot seven practices into preseason camp. That may have less to do with Williams’ shortcomings than it does the level of play Proctor has exhibited since receiving full medical clearance.As a rangy 6-foot-2 safety with a, Proctor’s potential has long been apparent.
“It's huge. Josh Proctor is probably one of the hardest-hitting safeties I've been around. So just having that kind of mentality, that edge that he brings to the defensive side is huge,” Hickman said at Big Ten Media Days last month. “I can't wait to see what he does. … Not much has changed. Josh is gonna be Josh. He's that freak of nature. He's that lanky safety who can run sideline to sideline, jump up in the air and go come down and smack somebody if need be.
Ransom started three games in a cover safety role in 2021, and also tried his hand at free safety while the Buckeyes’ dealt with the loss of Proctor. Knowles said Ransom has taken reps at the nickel, bandit and adjuster spots since rejoining the fold, but if Thursday’s practice is any indication, he appears to have found a home at the latter position.
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