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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Ohio State
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  05/24/20 - *Chase Young, Jr/2020, Ohio State, 6-5, 264 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  The excitement of having his name announced by Commissioner Roger Goodell as the No. 2 overall pick of the NFL Draft likely had not worn off when Chase Young settled down for what was sure to be one of many interviews. Not even half an hour had passed since he spoke with Redskins head coach Ron Rivera, and unsurprisingly, reporters were already clamoring to speak with him; that's part of the deal when you get drafted by your hometown team. So, he sat in front of a laptop and waited for the videoconference to begin.

At first, the screen was blacked out, so he couldn't see who he was supposed to be speaking with. But then the image appeared, and it wasn't a reporter at all; he was talking to Larry Johnson - Ohio State's defensive line coach and his longtime mentor. Young's eyes lit up, and after a few pleasantries between the two, he said, "Hey coach, we've got to get back in the lab and get to work." "That's what I admire about Chase," Johnson told Redskins.com. "He's not afraid to work." - Redskins.com

(DS#1 DE) Jr/2020 DE *Chase Young, Ohio State
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  05/20/20 - *Justin Fields, Jr/2021, Ohio State, 6-3, 227 (DS#4 QB) + More +

  Ohio State's plan to re-open its facilities to athletes on June 8 seems like a positive first step on the long road to the return from the COVID-19 shutdown. The NCAA's Division I council reportedly cleared the way for that step Wednesday. Yahoo's Pete Thamel reported the council voted to allow voluntary workouts after the completion of its current moratorium on team activities, which runs through May 31. However, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith also believes allowing football players to return to campus is the safest option for those players' health. Ohio State athletic facilities have been closed to players since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We feel that the facilities we have, with the protocols we can put in place relative to symptom checks and cleanliness and all those types of things - is the best protective environment," Smith said. "A lot of health clubs and workout places, spas and gyms, do an excellent job. Some young people are not in environments with access to those facilities. "We have access to the state-of-the-art equipment, we have medical people, (athletic) trainers, and we want to continue to make sure they're in the safest environment possible. We feel we can provide education, resources - some of them don't have access compared to where they are." Smith said Ohio State will vote for an extension of the Big Ten's team activities band through June 30, but is in favor of allowing voluntary, non-organized workouts. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#4 QB) Jr/2021 QB *Justin Fields, Ohio State
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  05/15/20 - *Josh Myers, rJr/2021, Ohio State, 6-5, 310 (DS#3 C) + More +

  Ohio State center Josh Myers has heard the litany of proposals for how a college football season might be staged this fall. The ideas range from a shortened season to games with limited fans in attendance. Further questions linger, too, about the sport's feasibility if most students are not on campuses for classes. But Myers made one point clear in a teleconference with reporters Thursday: He wants to suit up. "I would do anything to play this season," Myers said. "I don't know what I would do without football, to be honest with you, but with that would come sacrifices, and I'm personally willing to make those sacrifices."

The sentiment was shared by two Buckeyes offensive lineman at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has shut down athletic facilities at Ohio State and left no clear timeline for when workouts might resume. They were last at the school for practices in early March, since scattering across the country to rejoin families at home. Myers has been living in southwestern Ohio, while right guard Wyatt Davis has been in southern California, both finishing their spring semester classes online and working out each morning. - Columbus Dispatch

(DS#3 C) rJr/2021 C *Josh Myers, Ohio State
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  05/13/20 - Tuf Borland, rSr/2021, Ohio State, 6-0, 229 (DS#14 ILB) + More +

  Tuf Borland will enter the final season of his career already having been named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete five times. The fifth-year senior linebacker-to-be was one of 48 Buckeyes recognized with that academic honor for the 2019-20 year. He was a Scholar-Athlete as an early enrollee in 2015 and after each of his four seasons in the program. Borland earned his bachelor's degree in human development and family science in December 2019. The graduate student in OSU's sports coaching program is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. Borland and offensive lineman Kevin Woidke were the only five-time recipients from the past year. Four-time honorees included Drue Chrisman, Gavin Cupp, Brock Davin, Luke Farrell, Jordan Fuller, Jake Hausmann, Liam McCullough and CJ Saunders. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#14 ILB) rSr/2021 ILB Tuf Borland, Ohio State
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  05/13/20 - *J.K. Dobbins, Jr/2020, Ohio State, 5-09, 209 (DS#1 RB) + More +

  J.K. Dobbins will attempt to emulate the rushing success Ray Rice enjoyed with the Baltimore Ravens. The former Ohio State running back already shares a few similarities with the three-time Pro Bowler. Both were selected with the No. 55 overall pick in their respective NFL Drafts. On Wednesday, the Ravens officially announced Dobbins will wear No. 27. That's the same number Rice wore while rushing for over 1,100 yards four times and helping the franchise win Super Bowl XLVII. Dobbins wore No. 2 as a 2,000-yard rusher with Ohio State football in 2019. NFL uniform number rules dictate that running backs must wear a number between 20-49. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#1 RB) Jr/2020 RB *J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State
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  05/10/20 - *Anthony Gonzalez, Jr/2007, Ohio State, 6-0, 193 (DS#8 WR) + More +

  Anthony Gonzalez's unease over NCAA amateurism rules began more than a decade ago. He was a wide receiver for Ohio State's football team when he noticed the autographs he signed for kids after games were handed over to memorabilia dealers. While they pocketed hundreds of dollars from the sale of his signature on eBay, Gonzalez never collected a cent. Other stories heightened his weariness. His wife, Elizabeth, had been prohibited from offering swim lessons when she was an All-American swimmer at Stanford. Before the launch of a political career that led Gonzalez to become one of the more prominent supporters of federal government action to allow college players to earn from money from the use of their name, image and likeness, the events shaped his views on expanding the limits on athlete compensation.

"Everyone else in the country is allowed to capitalize on name, image and likeness, including the coaches," Gonzalez said in a recent interview. "The only people in the country who can't are the athletes. It never made sense to me." As a first-term Republican representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district, near Cleveland, Gonzalez plans to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that permits college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness. - Columbus Dispatch

(DS#8 WR) Jr/2007 WR *Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio State
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  05/03/20 - *Justin Fields, Jr/2021, Ohio State, 6-3, 227 (DS#4 QB) + More +

  After crunching the numbers, Blake Lawrence is certain that Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields could become a rich man before he becomes a richer man in the NFL. It's a moot point, really, because Fields likely will be out of college and playing in the NFL by the time the NCAA institutes name, image and likeness (NIL) rules at the beginning of the 2021-22 academic year. Still, Fields serves as a model for what future famous college athletes can expect to make from endorsements, personal appearances, social media participation and businesses they develop. Lawrence, CEO and co-founder of Opendorse, a Nebraska company that helps athletes calculate their value, estimates that if NIL were operating today Fields could make at least $250,000 annually on social media posts alone, not counting compensation from autograph and memorabilia shows. Lawrence grabbed a calculator during an interview with The Dispatch and quickly determined Fields' market value.

"At Ohio State, which is one of the top five sports sponsorship markets in college athletics, there are high-dollar sponsors who support Ohio State every year," Lawrence said. "And 10 are spending a million or more a year. Those type of sponsors have discretionary income to invest in an annual campaign with someone like Justin." Fields could expect half of those 10 to hire him to promote their product or business by posting once a quarter via his Instagram and Twitter accounts, which have 391,000 and 131,000 followers. Do the math - $11,000 per sponsored Instagram post and $1,500 per Twitter post, according to Lawrence - and the money would collect without the QB breaking a sweat. - Columbus Dispatch

(DS#4 QB) Jr/2021 QB *Justin Fields, Ohio State
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  04/29/20 - K.J. Hill, rSr/2020, Ohio State, 6-0, 196 (DS#23 WR) + More +

  As the NFL draft wound down Saturday afternoon, Ryan Day admitted feeling confused and a little frustrated. K.J. Hill, who left Ohio State as its all-time receptions leader and was viewed as a possible mid-round selection, had slipped into the seventh round before he was picked by the Los Angeles Chargers with the 220th overall pick. "All he does is get open, catch the ball, make great plays, the most productive receiver in Ohio State history. I don't get that one at all," said Day, the Buckeyes' coach. "The Chargers got a complete steal. I think a lot of guys missed on him." Speaking with reporters on a teleconference Sunday, Day offered thoughts on a draft that saw 10 players out of Ohio State taken, tied for the second-most from any school behind LSU, which had 14 of its former players taken. Out of all the selections over the three-day draft, Day considered Hill's fall to be one of the biggest mysteries. Hill does not offer a ton of size. He measured 6 feet and 196 pounds at the NFL's scouting combine in February. That means he might be limited to a role as a slot receiver. And he wasn't particularly fast in individual drills. He clocked 4.6 seconds in the 40-yard dash in Indianapolis, a time eclipsed by more than a dozen other wide receiver prospects.

But Day, a former quarterbacks coach in the NFL, found other traits from Hill to be desirable, especially his sure-handedness and route-running precision. "I'm not sitting here telling anybody how to do their business," Day said. "But I just know that some great coaches have said the best receivers get open and they catch the ball. It doesn't really matter at the end of the day what you run or anything like that. "Do you get open? Do you catch the ball? If you're not fast enough to get open, or you can't catch the ball, that's a problem. But I've never seen anybody cover K.J. Hill on a consistent basis. I think it'll be the same way once he gets to the NFL." - Columbus Dispatch

(DS#23 WR) rSr/2020 WR K.J. Hill, Ohio State
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  04/29/20 - *Chase Young, Jr/2020, Ohio State, 6-5, 264 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  Urban Meyer watched the first round of the NFL draft like a proud father. He wishes he could have been with Chase Young, Jeff Okudah and Damon Arnette as they celebrated their selection as first-round NFL draft picks Thursday night. After former Buckeye Joe Burrow was the first overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals, Young went No. 2 to Washington and Okudah No. 3 to Detroit. Arnette was a surprise first-rounder, going to the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 19. Meyer couldn't be with his former players. He remains in Florida because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There's no central draft location to attend, anyway. But his heart was with them. These were the last group of Ohio State players who will have played a majority of their careers under Meyer, who was succeeded last season by Ryan Day.

"That's what I miss the most - not being there with them and giving them a big hug," Meyer told The Dispatch on Friday before the draft's second and third rounds. "It's a life change. It's going to impact their families for a long time. "It's also a reward for incredibly hard work." Meyer emphasized the work. It goes without saying that no one becomes a first-round draft pick without putting in effort. But what does that really mean at Ohio State? "My goal and part of our culture is to embrace the discomfort," said Meyer, now an assistant athletic director at OSU. "And for those people that don't like the discomfort of hard work...greatness is very hard." - Columbus Dispatch

(DS#1 DE) Jr/2020 DE *Chase Young, Ohio State
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  04/29/20 - *Shaun Wade, rJr/2021, Ohio State, 6-1, 192 (DS#8 CB) + More +

  As each Ohio State player comes off the board over the three days of the NFL draft, the Buckeyes' already shiny recruiting brochure gets glossier. Like travel agents advertising a tropical vacation package, OSU coaches have the ability to pitch an irresistible offer: "Want to someday visit a professional football paradise? Play in the Horseshoe, and all your NFL dreams can come true." Even if not all 16 draft-eligible Buckeyes get selected, the overall numbers still scream louder than over-caffeinated Kerry Coombs. Ohio State entered the draft tied with Southern California for the most first-round picks with 81. That's a ton of talent coming out of Columbus, from Orlando Pace to Chase Young. And coaches unabashedly sell that success.

"Does the NFL come up (during recruiting)? Absolutely. That is part of it," Ohio State running backs coach Tony Alford said. "It's not the main part of it for me, but we definitely have had success at our position, and all positions." I always roll my eyes at purists who criticize colleges for luring high school players with the bait of an NFL career. The main point of college is career preparation. Football recruiting is no different from academic admissions in art or engineering. Go after the best by promoting a profitable future. "I'm not interested in being around anybody who doesn't want to be the absolute best in the world at what they do," said Coombs, who serves as defensive coordinator in his second stint at Ohio State. "The measuring stick for us in this profession is to be chosen by the group at the next level at being the best at what you do. That's what a first-round draft pick represents." - Columbus Dispatch

(DS#8 CB) rJr/2021 CB *Shaun Wade, Ohio State
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  04/29/20 - Malik Harrison, Sr/2020, Ohio State, 6-3, 247 (DS#5 OLB) + More +

  The Baltimore Ravens needed major help at linebacker going into NFL Draft 2020. They solved that need with their first-round pick, LSU's Patrick Queen. The 6-0, 229-pound linebacker with 4.5 speed was the Defensive MVP of the Tigers' national championship victory over Clemson, recording eight tackles with 2.5 for loss and half a sack. So why did the Ravens also use their fifth pick of the top 100 to take Ohio State linebacker Malik Harrison with the 98th overall pick of the third round? Eric DeCosta, the Ravens' executive vice president and general manager, said that decision was a reflection of Harrison being the best player available at that point - maybe by a significant margin.

"We do that if we really like the second guy," DeCosta said in a video clip posted to the Ravens' Twitter feed. "I think it speaks to how much we like Malik." He likened it to similar occurrences in Ravens history, such as when they paired up offensive lineman in 2007 (Ben Grubbs first round, Marshal Yanda third), tight ends in 2010 (Ed Dickson third, Dennis Pitta fourth) and tight ends again in 2018 (Hayden Hurst first, Mark Andrews third) "If we take that second guy, fans should look at that and say, 'wow, they must really like this guy, because they've already taken a guy at his position,'" DeCosta said. "He's got to be the highest-rated guy on the board." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#5 OLB) Sr/2020 OLB Malik Harrison, Ohio State
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  04/27/20 - *Justin Fields, Jr/2021, Ohio State, 6-3, 227 (DS#4 QB) + More +

  Seven times in the last 50 years have quarterbacks been the first two picks in the NFL Draft. Bet on it happening again in Cleveland in 2021. It should be the final part of the second chapter of the Justin Fields-Trevor Lawrence quarterback battle, and the first part of the third chapter. The top two high school recruits in the Class of 2018 after playing high school football just miles apart from each other in Georgia (Chapter 1), Ohio State's Fields and Clemson's Lawrence enter the 2020 college football season as the two clear favorites for the Heisman Trophy, with both their teams among the favorites to win the national title (Chapter 2).

They met in the Ohio State-Clemson Fiesta Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal last season, and could be on track to meet in the playoff again. And then they'll almost certainly share the stage in Cleveland as they embark on their careers as potential NFL franchise quarterbacks (Chapter 3). LSU's Joe Burrow was the No. 1 pick in this 2020 NFL Draft as an Ohio native and former Buckeye who was picked by an Ohio team in the Cincinnati Bengals. Fields transferred to Ohio State from Georgia and he won't find a home with an Ohio NFL team, but he almost certainly will enter the league as part of this coming Ohio draft. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#4 QB) Jr/2021 QB *Justin Fields, Ohio State
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  04/26/20 - *J.K. Dobbins, Jr/2020, Ohio State, 5-09, 209 (DS#1 RB) + More +

  J.K. Dobbins spent three seasons trying to run all over the Michigan team coached by Jim Harbaugh. Now a coach of the same name has summoned him to bring those running back talents to the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens and coach John Harbaugh - Jim's brother - selected Dobbins 55th overall in Friday's second round of the NFL Draft. "I don't know if it will be strange," Dobbins said in a video the Ravens posted to Twitter. "I might give him some flack about it because I beat his brother every time I played them. "It will be great, being in that culture. I know he's a great coach, so I'm glad they picked me." Perhaps Jim Harbaugh, who previously coached the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl, put in a good word with his brother. Dobbins rushed for 214 yards and four touchdowns against Michigan last November. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#1 RB) Jr/2020 RB *J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State
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  04/26/20 - Jordan Fuller, Sr/2020, Ohio State, 6-2, 203 (DS#10 FS) + More +

  Ohio State football's switch to a single-high scheme in 2019 put Jordan Fuller in the spotlight. The senior safety responded, earning former co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley's praise as "the eraser" in the back of the Buckeyes' stifling defense. Fuller will get his NFL shot with the Los Angeles Rams, which selected Fuller in the sixth round with the 199th overall pick. The 6-2, 205-pound Fuller finished no lower than third in tackles in each of his last three Ohio State seasons. In 2019 he collected 62 tackles (42 solos), two interceptions and four pass breakups. Fuller also developed a reputation for his intelligence and leadership. He was a three-time Academic All-American, an NFF Scholar-Athlete and a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy as the nation's top scholar-athlete. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#10 FS) Sr/2020 FS Jordan Fuller, Ohio State
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  04/26/20 - *J.K. Dobbins, Jr/2020, Ohio State, 5-09, 209 (DS#1 RB) + More +

  The question was inevitable, considering Ohio State football's J.K. Dobbins and Malik Harrison won seven pairs of gold pants against Michigan in their careers. How does Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, brother of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, feel about bringing so many Buckeyes into his organization. "We're an equal opportunity employer," John Harbaugh said during an interview on ESPN's 2020 NFL Draft broadcast. "We don't hold any grudges on that. We'll be happy to have those guys. They're great players. Ohio State's a great program."Baltimore did not necessarily seem like a fit for Dobbins, considering it returns its top three running backs - and prolific quarterback Lamar Jackson, the NFL's reigning MVP - from a team that set the NFL rushing record last season. John Harbaugh said Dobbins was "probably our top-rated running back," due to his explosive downhill style, cutting ability and toughness. "I don't love the school he comes from but I like everything about him," John Harbaugh said. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

(DS#1 RB) Jr/2020 RB *J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State
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