The 6-foot-5, 330-pound rising-junior offensive lineman finally made that happen this week. He was in town for the Buckeyes Bash and BBQ. The two-day stop in Ohio’s capital was everything he’d hoped it’d be. As he left central Ohio on Friday morning, Kirkland says the Buckeyes strength program and strength coach Mick Marotti made a big impact on him.
“The strength program really stood out to me,” Kirkland told Lettermen Row. “I sat down and talked to Coach Mick and all the strength guys. They showed me the plan they have mapped out for me, what it’d be like if I was to go there. We went over what they’ve been doing there and you can see it with the changes they’ve made to player’s bodies there.”
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Gene’s Take: Miyan Williams
I know most people see this as a two-man race between the incumbent Master Teague and the five-star freshman TreVeyon Henderson, but I am staking my claim now as president of the Miyan Williams Hive™.
Williams came to Ohio State as a bit of an afterthought. The Buckeyes were going after some big fish in the 2019 recruiting class, and missed on every single one of them. As a result, they fell back on Williams an in-state prospect from Cincinnati. Williams’ recruiting profile is not going to wow anyone. He was a three-star player, ranked as the No. 45 running back and the No. 627 prospect overall in the cycle. It seemed, at the time, as if Ohio State was just taking on a running back to add another live body to the room, and it appeared unlikely that Williams would every play much of a role in Columbus.