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Ohio State adds former NFL LB to staff

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Ohio State has made a new staff hire.

Monday, former NFL linebacker and Boston College special teams coordinator Ricky Brown announced via Twitter that he is joining Ryan Day’s staff in Columbus. He will be a special teams quality control coach for the Buckeyes for the upcoming season.

Brown has worked in college football since 2014, when he was a quality control coach for the defense at USC for two seasons. He then took a job at Boston College, his alma mater, as the director of football initiatives in 2016. From 2017-19, he served as the special teams coordinator and assistant linebackers coach for the Eagles.

Most recently, Brown was at Lafayette College where he was the linebackers coach.

Brown played college football at Boston College and was an undrafted free agent in 2006. He spent six seasons with the Oakland Raiders and one year with the Baltimore Ravens before retiring from the NFL.

Brown will replace Parker Fleming, who has been promoted to special teams coordinator for the Buckeyes. He was the quality control coach from 2018-20.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB