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Buckeye Bits: multi-year starter at will linebacker ... blessed with quality speed and big-play making ability ... excellent understanding of the defensive package ... has 215 career tackles ... pushing himself to make his senior campaign an exemplary one
2009 (Junior): led the Rose Bowl champions with 108 tackles ... second team all-Big Ten ... fumble recovery and five tackles vs. Navy ... leading tackler (9) vs. USC with a 3-yard second-quarter interception ... six tackles and recovered a Toledo fumble in the Cleveland contest ... left the Illinois game with a concussion ... six tackles led the Buckeyes at Indiana ... career-best 15 tackles in the Wisconsin win, with two sacks (-13) and a forced fumble ... nine tackles, TFL at Purdue ... team-high eight tackles in Minnesota win ... leading tackler with seven against New Mexico State plus an interception ... interception and 10 tackles at Penn State ... 21-yard interception and team-best eight tackles in Iowa win ... 12 tackles and a pass breakup at Michigan ... 20-yard second-quarter interception in the Rose Bowl was the key defensive play vs. Oregon ... also had 12 tackles against the Ducks ... Big Ten player of the week: Wisconsin ... defensive player of week: Toledo, New Mexico State, Iowa ... Attack Force award: Wisconsin ... Randy Gradishar Award (outstanding linebacker) from Ohio State coaches ... Top Ten Tenacious three times ... third-year letterwinner
2008 (Sophomore): first-year starter at will linebacker ... fourth on squad with 67 tackles, six TFL for season ... made first career start vs. Youngstown State ... eight tackles against Ohio ... seven tackles at USC ... 10 tackles with a TFL against Minnesota ... team-best 10 stops at Wisconsin and recovered a Badger fumble ... nine tackles, two TFL at Michigan State ... TFL and eight tackles at Northwestern ... 8-yard sack at Illinois ... defensive champion: Wisconsin ... attack force award: Michigan State ... third-year letterman
2007 (Redshirt): missed much of the season with turf toe ... took a medical redshirt
2006 (Freshman): played all 13 games and collected 28 tackles, which ranked ninth on the team and third among linebackers ... listed as the backup to senior John Kerr at the will linebacker spot ... top tackle efforts came against Minnesota (seven), at Northwestern (five) and at Texas (four) ... collected his first collegiate interception in the win at Northwestern and returned it five yards ... had a 13-yard sack in the win over Cincinnati ... enrolled at Ohio State in winter quarter 2006 and participated in the winter conditioning program and spring practice
High School: three-time first-team all-Ohio selection ... totaled 119 solo tackles and 85 assists as a senior, including 17 for lost yardage ... Ohio's 2005 Division IV Player of the Year ... led Coldwater to the 2005 Division IV state title ... had one interception, which he returned for a touchdown ... rushed for 1,412 yards and 26 touchdowns on 215 carries and caught 31 passes for 488 yards and four TDs ... collected 137 solo tackles and 97 assists as a junior and had 13 tackles behind the line of scrimmage ... rushed for 806 yards and 14 TDs on 167 carries as a junior and had 12 receptions for 249 yards and five touchdowns
Personal: son of David and Alice Homan ... younger brother Adam is a Buckeye fullback ... cousin of former Buckeyes Bob and Tom Hoying ... a family resource management major ... 2009 Big Ten all-academic
