COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — We’re into the final two weeks of spring practice at Ohio State and one of the newest faces on the team is settling into his role as a Buckeye.

Graduate center Seth McLaughlin made the move from one powerhouse program to another. The former Alabama player is now finding his rhythm at OSU and with the rest of the offensive line.

“He just jumped right in. Unbelievable job both ways. Of him just coming in, shelving the ego. He really had none,” offensive line coach Justin Frye said. “There’s a learning curve there, it’s just circling back to what he had…. So you’re still learning new terminology and you’re learning a new skill set. But he just dove right in and wanted to be a sponge and wanted to learn and he’s improving every day.”

Over the weekend, McLaughlin got his black stripe removed, making him an official member of the Ohio State program. He says the transition has been going smoothly and that it’s been “super refreshing” to be at Ohio State after spending four seasons with the Crimson Tide. As for how the spring is going, the Georgia-native doesn’t view practice as a competition.

“I think the best five guys are going to play whatever that may be and I’m thankful that’s not my decision to make, that’s the coaches. But it’s been good,” McLaughlin said. “We’re getting reps with each different group. Everybody. So that’s not just the centers. It’s every single position.”

McLaughlin wants to move on from his struggles to snap the ball during his final year at Alabama, knowing he can’t change the past.

“But this year, I can put my best foot forward and be the best center or offensive lineman that I can be. And that’s really all I can control now going forward,” McLaughlin said.

Frye says there’s good competition happening this spring as he sees who works well with each other and where that success is happening on the line. And in order to determine who will be part of the starting five that takes the field, Frye is putting his players in different situations.

“You know we have to put them in a third and long situation. We have to put them in coming outs and we have to put them in short yardage,” he said. “You have to manufacture enough of those so you can see in critical situations how these guys respond as opposed to just a controlled rep or drill all the time. And then you just grade those and the cream always rises to the top. You’ll see that and it shakes itself out.”