Few coaches and programs can recruit at the consistently high level that Urban Meyer has reached at Ohio State, and with five consecutive top-seven recruiting classes, there’s blue chip talent at every level of the Buckeyes depth chart. That buried talent was hidden during the 2015 campaign, when 15 starters returned from a national title-winning team to fuel a 12-1 season. But 12 former Buckeyes were taken in the NFL draft earlier this month, highlighting the enormous rebuilding job Meyer has on his hands in Columbus. Ohio State needs 14 new starters in total before kicking its 2016 season off against Bowling Green. The Buckeyes will turn to these four former recruiting stars to fill some of those holes. Dontre Wilson, H-Back Andrew Weber/Getty Images He was supposed to be the next coming of Percy Harvin, but entering his fourth and final season with the Buckeyes, Dontre Wilson hasn’t been able to live up to the enormous hype that came with him to Columbus. That hype started to build for the former 4-star standout in his first summer with the Buckeyes, when his teammates went into fall camp raving about his playmaking ability, according to Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com. But with Carlos Hyde and Braxton Miller in the backfield, Ohio State used him mainly as a decoy, and he still managed to register 460 total yards and three touchdowns. But three years later, that’s still his best season statistically after being hampered by injuries. After seeing limited time a season ago, Wilson should be fully healthy and ready to contribute in an offense that desperately needs playmakers. He still has elite speed and an elusiveness that’s an absolute nightmare for opposing defenses to contain in the second level. If Wilson is healthy, he could register big numbers with J.T. …
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