Four years, two positions, one start.
Just a couple days before Ohio State headed to Pasadena, California, to take on Washington in the Rose Bowl, which would be Urban Meyer's final game as a head coach, Joshua Alabi was informed he would be making the first start of his career. Thayer Munford, injured, wouldn't be able to play, so Alabi began preparing to play left tackle.
His first career start came nearly a half-decade in the making. He committed to Ohio State along with Mike Weber, Alabi's high-school teammate at Cass Technical in Detroit, about 4 1/2 years ago as the No.