Ohio State 2019 spring football preview: A new era for the Buckeyes

When Ohio State began spring practice in March 2017, few outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center could pick Ryan Day out of a crowd.

Back then, Day was a fairly anonymous assistant, brought in from the San Francisco 49ers after the team fired Chip Kelly and most of his staff. There was much more buzz about new offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, who had been hired to spark a middling pass game. And the program still belonged to Urban Meyer, one of the most accomplished and imposing figures in the sport.

Two years later, the Ryan Day era is underway in Columbus. Day, who filled in for Meyer during his three-game suspension last season and officially took over following Ohio State's Rose Bowl…