Billy Price using Ohio State's 'Elflein Plan' in return for senior season

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- From one spot over on the offensive line, Billy Price had an up-close view of how the plan works.

Put off the NFL draft for a season, take all the experience from guard and slide over to center. Fine-tune the art of snapping. Solidify a leadership role as the anchor of the unit, add to a legacy as a captain, win some national hardware and boost the NFL draft stock along the way.

Ohio State might as well simply call it the Pat Elflein Plan. And after it worked so well last year in a transition that turned Elflein into a Rimington Trophy winner during his only season at center, Price and the Buckeyes are going right back to the well as offseason conditioning kicked into high…