Going through Ohio State’s summer workouts has been a big difference from playing Australian rules football, but Nick McLarty says he hasn‘t had much trouble getting up to speed.
While the rest of the Buckeyes’ newcomers are from all over the United States, McLarty is in his first months living in America after growing up in Melbourne, Australia. Since enrolling at Ohio State this summer, McLarty has had to get used to a 14-hour time difference, meaning his parents have already started a new day when he calls them at night.
While McLarty misses his family and friends back home, he already feels like he has a new family now at Ohio State, where he’ll compete in preseason camp to be the Buckeyes’ starting punter this season. Although he’s never played American football before, he’s expected to be a factor in that competition as the only scholarship punter on the roster., to be Ohio State’s top punter this season following the transfer of another Australian punter, Jesse Mirco, to Vanderbilt.
A former Australian rules football player, McLarty has gotten a taste for the difference between American football and Australian football during summer workouts. He says the workouts are “a lot different” than what he’s used to, but he doesn’t feel as though he’s had much trouble getting up to speed.
“So right now, it's just enjoy the process, take it day by day and I just look forward to fall camp, really. And that's where we can sort of show off and have a bit of fun.”
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