The secondary is led by one of, if not, the best safety in the country in Caleb Downs. He transferred to Ohio State after leaving Alabama. Downs has 69 tackles, but the opponent tries to throw ...

After playing a season at Alabama, Downs transferred to Ohio State to bolster the Buckeyes defense, and he has certainly done that. Now he’s the Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year, becoming the ...

Ohio State’s football national championship run, a lengthy stretch that saw the Buckeyes navigate the first expanded College Football Playoff, put physical demands on players. Especially star ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football offensive coordinator Chip Kelly remembers using Caleb Downs as a running ... His season-high total jumped to 40 in a Rose Bowl win against Oregon on Jan ...

1 Oregon awaits the winner of No. 8 seed Ohio State and No. 9 seed Tennessee in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl ... (JT Tuimoloau, Caleb Downs, Lathan Ransom).

Especially star safety Caleb Downs. “I had the most snaps on the team last year,” Downs said. Between his role in the secondary and on punt units, he played just over 1,000 snaps, according to ...