As with its offense and defense, Ryan Day is making final preparations for Ohio State's special teams with the help of quality control coach Rob Keys entering 2024.
, but one of the more covert storylines to follow in the spring and summer has been what the Buckeyes are doing on special teams now that they have moved on from maligned coordinator Parker Fleming.
A key rule change brought Keys from the background to the foreground of Ohio State’s punting and kicking plans in 2024. In June, the NCAAThat took Keys, the former head coach and special teams coordinator for D-II Findlay, from a background advisory role on special teams to help coach coaches on what to do to a foreground position where he’ll work hand-in-hand with Day to oversee the operation.
“We’ve got everybody involved,” Day said. “Tim Walton’s been a big part of this, each of the coaches have been very much involved with the special teams here in the preseason. So Rob is the point person, he’s the one who’s gonna help game plan and organize, meet with the individual group.” That leaves punt and kick returner as the other main positions of interest. The same group of offensive skill players has been in the mix to claim those roles since the spring – wide receivers Emeka Egbuka, Carnell Tate, Brandon Inniss, Jeremiah Smith, Jayden Ballard and Bryson Rodgers with running back TreVeyon Henderson – and Day said the plan is to test different options out in the early weeks of the season.
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