Ohio State TE Bennett Christian has a chip on his shoulder after missing last season due to a suspension
With Cade Stover off to the NFL, there is an opportunity there for someone to step up at tight end for Ohio State. While he isn’t leading the unit right now redshirt sophomore Bennett Christian is finally back in the mix this season after missing last season due to a suspension. Christian was suspended for […]
With Cade Stover off to the NFL, there is an opportunity there for someone to step up at tight end for Ohio State.
While he isn’t leading the unit right now redshirt sophomore Bennett Christian is finally back in the mix this season after missing last season due to a suspension.
Christian was suspended for a banned substance that he tested positive for. He was said to have bought a supplement without the Buckeyes staff’s knowledge that included a banned ingredient.
Now that he’s back, Christian opened up about how he went through things.
“I was devastated. It really caught me off guard,” Christian explained to the media recently. “But I moved past it and decided I had three choices. Either I could tuck my tail and run away; hide from it, not acknowledge it; or grow from it and learn from it and make myself better, and that's what I did during the year.”
Christian was allowed to still practice with the team, but he could not suit up and be out there with his teammates on Saturdays and that is what it is all about.
“I'd be lying if I said it (didn’t take) me a little bit. It was definitely hard at first. Had to deal with with some stuff mentally. But I would say during mid-spring, after spring, I said, ‘Okay, I'm gonna be better at this.’ I had a really good summer, a really good fall camp, and I grew up a lot during the season.”
Christian is currently battling with players like Gee Scott, transfer Will Kacmarek, and sophomore Jelani Thurman, but there is an opportunity for him to win snaps.
“Whatever they need me to be,” Christian said. “I am an unselfish player. I can provide a lot in the blocking game and the passing game”
While out, working on his blocking against a defensive end unit like the one that Ohio State has led by Jack Sawyer and J.T. Tuimoloau.
“They're the best in the country at their position. And getting to go against them, really work on my technique, my hand placement, my feet for a year, I think for not being able to play, I developed at a really good rate.”
Spring ball is the perfect time to carve out a chance and that’s what Christian is in the mix of. By the time fall camp rolls around, we’ll have a good idea of the tight-end rotation.
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