Ohio State Football: Can Kevin Wilson fix J.T. Barrett?

Let’s hit the film room to dissect how Ohio State football offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson will fix J.T. Barrett entering the 2017 season.

Kevin Wilson began his rise up the college football ranks in 2002 when he took over as the co-offensive coordinator of the Oklahoma Sooners. From 2002-2010, five of Wilson’s Sooners offenses rank in the top 10 of Oklahoma scoring offenses of all-time. His scheme produced Heisman Trophy winners in Sam Bradford and Jason White.

In 2011 he took over lowly Indiana. The Hoosiers 2011 offense was 101st in the country. By 2015, in Wilson’s last full season, they finished 24th. So what is a “Kevin Wilson” offense and why do they work so well?

Width of Knowledge

Coach Wilson’s width of knowledge is the first key element. He’s coached offensive line giving him a perspective on run and pass blocking schemes and techniques. He’s coached quarterbacks, which gives a coach an entirely new perspective and allows for an Offensive Coordinator to get more involved in the player that has the ball on every snap. Coaching a quarterback helps a coach understand the finer points of every play as quarterbacks have to know what everyone is doing on every play. The detail of their technique and eye training prepares both the coach and player.

Wilson then took over coaching full backs and tight ends before going to Indiana as head coach where he still worked closely with the quarterbacks. Now at OSU he will serve as both the offensive coordinator and the tight ends coach. With Coach Meyer being a wide receiver guru and Coach Wilson understanding the offensive line and the quarterbacks, this staff will get JT where he needs to be.