COLUMBUS, Ohio -- What you need to know about the rehab of Ohio State junior captain Jae'Sean Tate, the guy who makes the basketball Buckeyes go.

To see parts of that rehab, and to see Tate offer some straight talk Thursday about the legacy he hopes to leave (and isn't happy with right now) watch the video in this post.

* Tate had arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle about a month ago, a minor cleanup to remove a floating body in his ankle. OSU trainer Vince O'Brien compared it to an off-season surgery Aaron Craft had a few years ago.

* Tate said he hurt the ankle before last season when it was stepped on in practice. He missed the season-opening exhibition game as a result and played with it all year, saying it didn't bother him during games but did hurt afterward.

* Tate had the ankle surgery now since he was already limited after February surgery on his left shoulder for a torn labrum. He had been doing some shooting for a few weeks before the ankle surgery, but the goal is to have him full-go by August, and he's on schedule.

* The result? After having a previous right shoulder surgery in high school, then this shoulder surgery and ankle cleanup, he could be as healthy this season as he's been in a while.

* For the moment, he lost some muscle mass. But he's on schedule to be himself for his junior year.

"I lost a lot of time to the injury for player development, but in August I still have two months until the first practice," Tate said. "Those two months are going to be key for me."