Jeremiah Smith as Derrick Henry, Arthur Smith's thoughts on tempo: Meet Ohio State's new OC

Smith, the Buckeyes' new offensive coordinator, met the media for the first time on Tuesday.

New Ohio State offensive coordinator Arthur Smith was introduced to the media on Tuesday. (Bill Landis)

COLUMBUS — New Ohio State offensive coordinator Arthur Smith met the media for the first time after Tuesday’s practice, the Buckeyes’ third of the spring. Here are four things to know about what Smith said.

1. Don’t worry, Jeremiah Smith is going to eat.

Arthur Smith has a reputation as a coach who likes to run the ball and play a lot with multiple tight ends — we’ll allow you some time to recover from that last bit, which may sound like nails on a chalkboard to a fanbase who saw the tight end featured heavily, to mixed results, last year.

Running and tight ends? Well, Ohio State’s best player is a receiver. So what’s that mean for Jeremiah Smith?

You’ll like Arthur Smith’s thoughts on that.

Specifically, he was asked if there’s such a thing as getting the ball to OSU’s star receiver too much.

“No,” he said. “I got asked if I gave the ball too many times to Derrick Henry, and I’d argue that I didn’t.”