I've been impressed with his energy and his attitude. But I think you're starting to see a better version of him in all areas. 'Quite honestly, I think his body weight is allowing him to do things that maybe he couldn't do last year. 'I think it's in direct correlation to his body weight,' Day said. ** Day also mentioned that the 6-foot-8, 350-pound Jones is in the best shape of his life, which has led to his strong play this season. But overall, you can see some improvements in different areas.' There are certain things they want to get better at and improve, but their challenges are going to get bigger and bigger as we move into the heart of conference play and it will be a new challenge this week.

'And I think both of those guys have made progress.

'Yeah, when you look at what we've done through these first five weeks, a big part of it has been the offensive line,' Day said. and senior right tackle Dawand Jones who appear to be playing at a high level. ** Day is also very positive about his offensive line, and was asked specifically about junior left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. But even with those guys, had a good week of practice here and I'm very positive about them.'4 Once I start commenting on one, I've got to comment on somebody else. 'Yeah, I'd rather not get into any injury updates right now,' Day said. ** The Buckeyes' boss was much more coy when asked about the statuses of fifth-year senior defensive backs Cameron Brown and Tanner McCalister 'We are hoping to have Tre back this week,' Day said. ** Day spoke about the status of sophomore running back TreVeyon Henderson, who was a late scratch last week against Rutgers with an undisclosed injury. Third-ranked Ohio State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) will travel to Michigan State (2-3, 0-2) on Saturday (4 p.m. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day held his weekly Thursday press briefing via Zoom and we have several highlights.

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