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Caleb Downs opens up on life after transferring from Alabama to Ohio State — from the culture shock of a bigger city to reshaping the Buckeyes’ defense.
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There aren’t too many players out there who can say they played for two of the most successful college football coaches over the last couple of decades. However, Ohio State safety Caleb Downs is one of them.
Downs chose to commit to Alabama over Ohio State when he came out of high school and spent his first college season becoming a Freshman All-American in Tuscaloosa under Nick Saban. But then, after that year, arguably the greatest coach in college football history retired, and Downs entered the transfer portal, eventually landing in Columbus to play for Ryan Day. At that point, Day had one whale of a winning percentage, but had yet to hoist the College Football Playoff national championship trophy had been so close to winning in previous seasons.
But that was taken care of last year after Ohio State went on the greatest postseason run in college football history by beating several top ten teams en route to the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. Downs is now back for another year under Day and should have another fantastic season before heading off to the NFL.
His first two years have provided Downs with a perspective on the differences between two national championship-winning coaches that he was happy to share with DJ Siddiqi of RG. When asked about Saban, Downs clearly still has respect and admiration for him. He was happy to share his perspective with RG.
“He (Saban) was the most consistent person that I’ve ever met,” says Downs of Saban in a one-on-one interview with RG. “He was the same person every day, and that’s something that I acknowledged, and I learned from…
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Publish date : 2025-07-26 02:55:00
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