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COLUMBUS Ohio State recruited
three elite receivers in the class of 2021.
Emeka Egbuka made headlines when he picked the Buckeyes just days before national signing day. The five-star Washington native is the No. 1 receiver in the class and has already turned heads in camp and during his impressive spring game performance.
Marvin Harrison Jr. draws attention because of his physical tools, his high school teammate Kyle McCord, who is currently battling for the starting quarterback job at Ohio State and of course, his NFL bloodlines. Harrison was one of the breakout stars of spring practice.
But the Buckeyes also earned an early commitment back in summer 2019 from four-star receiver Jayden Ballard, a quiet prospect who rarely ever spoke to media, attended camps or did anything a top recruit usually does. Ballard went through his recruitment quietly, and he went through spring camp quietly. And while Harrison and Egbuka continue to receive most of the attention, Ballard is worki
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A little while back on this here website, I wrote about how elite wide receivers have become the key to winning a national title in this new era of college football. We saw this play out in real time in this past season’s College Football Playoff, where the two teams to meet in the national title game also just so happened to have two of the top wide receiver rooms in the country. Ultimately, the team with the Heisman Trophy-winning soon-to-be Top-10 NFL Draft pick came away victorious.
Nobody understands the current state of the game better than Nick Saban, as we have seen his style of offense adapt from the ground-and-pound attack led by Derrick Henry not too long ago to the air-raid vertical passing attack led this past season by DeVonta Smith. The college football landscape is constantly changing, and if you don t change with it, you will quickly be left in the dust. In order to compete in today’s game, you must be able to put the ball
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