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Ohio State Kick/Punt Return Game Not Firing on All Cylinders?

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1MechEng's picture
9/26/17 at 2:02p in the OSU Football Forum
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Looking at the box score from the OSU v. UNLV game on ESPN, it seems (with the exception of Parris' near score on a kickoff after the safety) that the return game was not great against a low level D1 team. Wondering if Demario is still hampered by the groin injury, as he did not look shifty or explosive in his 2 kickoff returns.

I would expect a kickoff return average of >25 yards (OSU's is artifically high due to Parris' long return), and a punt return average of ~10 yds. vs. a team like UNLV.

Here's the stats:

Kickoff returns:
Parris Campbell - 1 for 82 yds
Demario McCall - 2 for 29 yds (14.5 yd avg.)
Antonio Williams - 1 for 13 yds (13 yd avg.)

Punt returns:
Demario McCall - 1 for 7 yds
KJ Hill - 1 for 0 yds (fair catch)
3 punts were kicked out of bounds.

What should be by the coaches done to improve these results going forward?

 

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