Ohio State's Returning Players Will Provide the Team's Backbone in 2017

For the second time in as many years, Ohio State faces an exodus of talent. Just one year after nine of its underclassmen declared for the NFL Draft, six more followed suit after the 2016 season. Just one year after 75 percent of its secondary left and made NFL rosters, three more ballhawks are getting first-round grades. Just one year after 12 former Buckeyes heard their names called on draft night, nine more are hoping for the same.As quickly as talent flows out of Columbus, it flows in. The Buckeyes sent an absurd amount of talent to the NFL and they’re replacing it with an unimaginable arsenal of young guns. Ohio State currently has more five-star commitments in its 2017 class than all of Urban Meyer’s previous Buckeye classes combined. Of the team’s 19 total commits, 14 are ranked in the top five of their position group and 18 are in the top…

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