ATH #30 - Orhian Johnson (***) - Page 9 - ScarletBuckeye

dallastheologian · 02-09-2008, 09:59 AM

He is a QB

cincyninja · 02-09-2008, 11:56 AM

Scout lists him as a QB. Rivals lists him as an ATH. UItimately it depends on where the need is and where he does well this summer

footsteps Falco · 02-09-2008, 12:12 PM

If we dont get Pryor I think he will play QB.

louts8wings · 02-09-2008, 12:40 PM

i think he could be a qb but i doubt it's going to happen, even if pryor doesn't sign. bauserman, henton, and boeckman are the list qb's at the moment. they will prepare him a little bit but i doubt you will see him throwing the balls around unless he's on the scout team. if anything tress will just have a few more qb's on the recruiting list for the 09 class.

Arapahoe · 03-14-2008, 04:43 PM

Assuming we get Pryor... where does Johnson play? WR? Safety?

footsteps Falco · 03-14-2008, 07:00 PM

Probably WR he would give us a nice, tall target.

SanDiegoBuckeye · 03-15-2008, 02:03 PM

^^Safety, it's been confirmed.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 04-17-2009, 09:16 AM

A quick spring update.........

Johnson has been running with the 1st and 2nd team at Safety.........described as very athletic, possibly other than Pryor, the most athletic player on the team........having a very good spring.....future is bright.....

Dispatch

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Safety Orhian Johnson sat out today, but it's not a big deal -- just a rest day, I was told, so he makes it to the spring game in one piece.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 05-03-2009, 01:57 PM

PlainDealer

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Ohio State football: Orhian Johnson makes a quick turn from QB to safety

by Doug Lesmerises
Friday May 01, 2009, 10:45 AM

Ohio State defensive backs

Thought No. 2

Orhian Johnson isn't the next Anderson Russell - he's ahead of that pace.

The 6-foot-2, 178-pound redshirt freshman, a high school quarterback who was recruited by the Buckeyes as an all-around athlete, took plenty of top-line snaps this spring as starting safety Kurt Coleman and backup Aaron Gant spent chunks of the spring on the sideline.

Remembering the transition that Russell, now a senior starter, made to safety at Ohio State, I asked safeties coach Paul Haynes if Johnson was in a similar place. Veteran teammates remembered Russell as a young safety running all over the place with little idea what he was doing - all because he had been a high school running back.

But Haynes said Johnson got more reps with the defense during he redshirt season than Russell did. And his football background was more helpful to his current duties.

"And at least with a quarterback, you're kind of learning the system and reading coverages and doing things like that instead of being a Wing-T fullback (like Russell)," Haynes said.

Continued...............

OSUBasketballJunkie · 06-25-2009, 03:37 PM

espn.com

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DEFENSE -- Orhian Johnson, S, Fr.

The starting safeties are set with Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell, but Johnson made an impression this spring and should be a factor in Ohio State's nickel and dime packages. The former high school quarterback redshirted last year but logged plenty of time in spring ball as Russell missed time with an injury. He'll be an excellent insurance policy and a top candidate to start in 2010.