While he didn’t play much as a true freshman last year, Jordan Hancock looks poised to play a bigger role in Ohio State’s secondary this year.
In his first season with the Buckeyes in 2021, Hancock played only 31 defensive snaps, which came over the course of three consecutive blowout wins over Akron, Rutgers and Maryland. Otherwise, Hancock played only on special teams as Denzel Burke, Cameron Brown, Sevyn Banks, Ryan Watts, Lejond Cavazos and Demario McCall played most of the snaps at cornerback.
Even though he arrived at Ohio State as the No.