Defensive end Kenyatta Jackson Jr. said he never considered transferring entering his third year at Ohio State even though he was frustrated he didn’t get more playing time in 2023.
Although there was plenty of speculation entering both of this offseason’s transfer portal windows that Kenyatta Jackson Jr. could be a candidate to leave Ohio State, the third-year defensive end remains on the Buckeyes’ roster with the portal now closed for the year.
After playing only 176 snaps off the bench in 2023, Jackson admitted this spring he was frustrated he didn’t get more playing time last season. Rather than using that as a reason to leave Ohio State, however, Jackson chose to take the advice of OSU defensive line coach Larry Johnson, who used a phrase made famous by the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers: “Trust the process.”
Jackson said he talked to Johnson about his frustrations with his playing time after last season, and he has reason to believe he will get more chances to play this year. With the expanded College Football Playoff creating the possibility of playing as many as 17 games, Johnson says he expects to rotate his defensive ends more this year.
Jackson, who recorded seven total tackles with two for loss and 1.5 sacks in 2023, said there were times last season when he was overthinking on the field rather than playing with confidence, which Ryan Day also noticed. But Day says he and his coaches still have a great deal of confidence that Jackson, ain the 2022 recruiting class who still has three years of eligibility, can become a standout on the Buckeyes’ defensive line.
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