The myth of Sam Hubbard’s beginnings at Ohio State often centers around Urban Meyer seeing Hubbard play dodgeball at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, which boasts one of the best high school football programs in the nation. Hubbard, then committed to play lacrosse at Notre Dame, already had a major advocate to attest for his football ability in his head coach, John Rodenberg. And Rodenberg insists that he told Meyer and Kerry Coombs at that moment that Hubbard would be a first-round defensive end, even though Hubbard played at safety in high school. Now, as Hubbard returns for his fourth season with the Buckeyes, it seems that Rodenberg may have been spot on.
Sam Hubbard’s high school coach knew he was destined for greatness at defensive end
