With Jim Knowles leaving Ohio State for Penn State, Oregon co-DC Chris Hampton is a candidate to replace him in Columbus.

Oregon Ducks co-defensive coordinator Chris Hampton is being listed as a candidate for the Ohio State Buckeyes defensive coordinator job after Jim Knowles was hired away by the Penn State Nittany Lions and coach James Franklin.

Should Ohio State lure Hampton away from Eugene, it would be the second year in a row that the Buckeyes took a coach from Oregon. Last year, after running backs coach Tony Olford left Columbus to coach RBs for the Michigan Wolverines, the Buckeyes hired Ducks running backs coach Carlos Locklyn.