Ohio State dominant school at receiver with latest star set for NFL draft

Ohio State could be confused with Oklahoma State or Oregon State as “OSU.”But there’s no confusing Ohio State’s current place as “WRU” (Wide Receiver University), with all due respect to LSU.Not when Carnell Tate is about to make it five straight drafts with at least one Ohio State receiver as a first-round pick (six overall) and become the 15th receiver drafted from the Buckeyes since 2010, including nine since 2019.“If you can’t play in the NFL, you are probably not starting for us.

That’s what I would tell them,” Brian Hartline, who was Ohio State’s receivers coach from 2018-25, told The Post.“You choose what you want to do: catch a lot of balls in college and never make it to the NFL? That’s cool.

Do you want to get really good grades and never be a CEO? That’s cool.I’m trying to get you ready to play in the NFL.

Period.Your job is to add those skills to the collective of Ohio State’s offense.”Before he was hired as the head coach handpicked to capitalize on the nearby fertile recruiting area and growing financial commitment at South Florida, Hartline, a former 1,000-yard receiver for the Dolphins, was as trusted in the NFL scouting community as any position coach in the country.Ohio State practices are governed by NFL rules, including it’s not a catch unless two feet are in bounds (though NCAA rules only require one foot).“From a development standpoint, [Ohio State receivers] are so far ahead of everybody else that’s coming from all these other places,” NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah said.

“Brian Hartline has instilled in them a professionalism, a work ethic.You talk to the coaches who have had players out of there, it’s hard to see those guys not being successful for how they’ve been trained.”LSU (NFL-high 16 receivers drafted since 2010) might want to argue, especially with four alums in the top seven in receiving yards in 2024 (Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Brian Thomas Jr.

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