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Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier discusses last year's undefeated season, areas where he can improve and biggest question mark on defense....

2012 record: 12-0 2012 conference record: 8-0 (first, Leaders Division) Returning starters: Offense: 9; defense: 4; kicker/punter: 1 Top returners: QB Braxton Miller, RB Carlos Hyde, WR Philly Brown, LT Jack Mewhort, C Corey Linsley, CB Brad...

John Simon flourished at the LEO position in the Ohio State defense in 2012. The standup defensive end recorded 44 tackles -- 14.5 for loss -- nine sacks and forced a fumble in his nine games for Ohio State. The next in line for the Buckeyes are...

Ohio State's defense is based on speed, and the Buckeyes will go anywhere to find it. And that includes Oklahoma, a state Ohio State rarely recruits. Steven Parker (Jenks, Okla./Jenks) picked up an offer from the Buckeyes. That the ESPN Watch L...

In its latest issue, ESPN The Magazine went inside the Michigan and Ohio State men's basketball programs as the teams prepared for their primetime showdown on Feb. 5. Wayne Drehs examines whether it's Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft's defense t...

With the 2014 recruiting cycle now in full swing, BuckeyeNation wondered what it would be like to create a dream team. Tuesday we looked at the offense, Wednesday we switch to the defensive side. There are stipulations in this dream list of recrui...

It was back in the trenches again for Urban Meyer. A big advocate of defense starting up front, the Ohio State coach offered his 10th defensive end from the class of 2014, this time coming in the form of Kentavious Street (Greenville, N.C./J.H. Ro...

Ohio State stayed on defense Sunday when it picked up its 19th commit in the class of 2013. Two days after Gareon Conley picked the Buckeyes, this one came on the defensive line as ESPN 300 defensive tackle Donovan Munger (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Sha...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A position-by-position look at a perfect season for Ohio State, continuing today by looking back at an up-and-down season for the guys at the second level of the defense, a group that took off after a surprising midseason addition. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There is no shortage of fairy tales in the senior class. A tight end made a transition to right tackle, struggled early and became one of the most important blockers on the team. A fullback moved over to defense in the middle of ...

Wisconsin's overpowering rushing offense, led by senior Montee Ball, is set to collide with an Ohio State rush defense that's second in the Big Ten in a high-impact fashion.

Senior LB Etienne Sabino is set to return from injury to a unit that has made several adjustments without him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Finally, Urban Meyer once again had the opportunity every coach wants. The outcome was well in hand thanks to another prolific offensive performance and continued improvements from the defense, and the Ohio State coach could at l...

The undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes have bounced back from two of their worst defensive efforts of the season with a couple of the best, but a late score by Penn State still enraged Urban Meyer.

Urban Meyer sends a loud and clear message to his defense that its effort on Saturday won't be good enough going forward.

After getting burned on the first play from scrimmage, Ohio State's defense shut down Purdue far more often than not and turned in one of their most fundamentally sound performances of the season.