Ohio State 2010 Spring Game Football Depth Chart - Defense

The Ohio State 2010 Spring Game Football Depth Chart presents some changes on the defensive side of the ball with several key players moving on to the NFL after last season. Nathan Williams assumes the defensive end position occupied by Thaddeus Gibson last year. John Simon is the 1st string defensive tackle after Doug Worthington graduated. Etienne Sabino takes the place of Austin Spitler. The cornerback positions stay the same with Jermale Hines and Orhian Johnson earning the starting safety positions after the departure of Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell. A lot of new faces on the defensive side of the ball this year for the Buckeyes. Safety/Linebacker Tyler Moeller has returned to the two deep and will hopefully be full-go when fall camp arrives.

DEFENSE

DE 43 Nathan Williams (6-3, 260, Jr.)
98 Solomon Thomas (6-5, 226, Jr.)
91 Stewart Smith (6-3, 227, So.)

DT 72 Dexter Larimore (6-2, 310, Sr.)
53 Garrett Goebel (6-3, 281, So.)
62 Jon Lorenz (6-5, 276, RFr.)
56 Dalton Britt (6-2, 275, So.)

DT 54 John Simon (6-2, 270, So.)
93 Adam Bellamy (6-4, 295, RFr.)
95 Don Matheney (6-0, 310, Sr.)

DE 97 Cameron Heyward (6-5, 288, Sr.)
91 Melvin Fellows (6-5, 249, RFr.)
94 Keith Wells (6-5, 257, So.)

WLB 51 Ross Homan (6-0, 227, Sr.)
11 Dorian Bell (6-1, 225, RFr.)
35 Jim Hastings (5-10, 205, RFr.)

MLB 36 Brian Rolle (5-11, 218, Sr.)
32 Storm Klein (6-2, 230, So.)
39 Jordan Whiting (6-1, 238, RFr.)

SLB 6 Etienne Sabino (6-3, 240, Jr.)
42 Andrew Sweat (6-2, 238, Jr.)
55 Jon Newsome (6-3, 219, So.)
41 Tony Jackson (5-10, 220, Jr.)

CB 5 Chimdi Chekwa (6-0, 190, Sr.)
18 Travis Howard (6-0, 190, So.)
3 Corey Brown (6-0, 189, RFr.)
29 Taylor Rice (5-10, 177, So.)

FS 7 Jermale Hines (6-1, 216, Sr.)
16 Zach Domicone (6-3, 211, So.)
4 C.J. Barnett (6-0, 190, So.)
8 Aaron Gant (6-0, 206, Sr.)
29 Chris Maxwell (6-2, 215, Jr.)

SS 19 Orhian Johnson (6-2, 203, So.)
26 Tyler Moeller (6-0, 210, Sr.)
20 Nate Oliver (6-0, 215, Jr.)
21 Jamie Wood (6-1, 198, RFr.)
34 Nate Ebner (6-0, 200, So.)

CB 10 Devon Torrence (6-1, 200, Sr.)
30 Donnie Evege (5-11, 180, Jr.)
28 Dominic Clarke (5-10, 191, RFr.)

SPECIALISTS

K 23 Devin Barclay (5-10, 204, Sr.)
17 Ben Buchanan (6-0, 195, So.)
24 Drew Basil (6-1, 200, Fr.)

P 17 Ben Buchanan (6-0, 195, So.)
39 Derek Erwin (5-10, 203, So.)
24 Drew Basil (6-1, 200, Fr.)

LS 96 Jake McQuaide (6-3, 234, Sr.)
52 Gar Chappelear (6-0, 221, So.)

H 12 Dane Sanzenbacher (5-11, 180, Sr.)
14 Joe Bauserman (6-1, 233, Jr.)