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Every rep counts in the development of freakish athlete Torrance Gibson
- Updated: April 25, 2016
Apr 21, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The final couple minutes were ticking off the clock, most of the starters had long checked out of the game and the score never even mattered in the first place.
It would have been easy for Ohio State to just move on when the deep shot to the back of the end zone slipped away from Torrance Gibson and dropped to the turf, and most of the fans left at the Horseshoe late in the spring game hardly seemed to care.
But in the ongoing development of the converted quarterback to wide receiver, every rep counts. And Urban Meyer wasn’t going to let the moment simply pass, leaving his spot behind the offense between plays to chase down Gibson and deliver some hands-on coaching.
“Go up and get the ball,” Meyer barked. “Go make a play.”
The fact that the freakishly athletic redshirt freshman had already made a couple earlier in the scrimmage didn’t matter in the moment, and Meyer is never one to let a teaching opportunity pass him by, even with spring camp is about to come to a close.
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