Jermale Hines brings NFL-sized versatility and Buckeye toughness to the secondary
Jermale Hines stood out at Ohio State as a **physical, versatile defensive back** with NFL-ready size at 6-1, 218, giving him a profile that fit both coverage and run support duties.[1][6] His appeal is less about gaudy stats and more about the kind of reliable, hard-hitting back-end presence coaches value when they want a DB who can handle contact and match up with bigger athletes.[1][5] In the 2011 NFL statistical snapshot, he logged limited production, which makes his college tape and positional flexibility the bigger indicators of his value rather than box-score numbers.[2][3]
