Wide Receiver K.J. Hill Must Play Important Role in Ohio State's Offense in 2017


If you placed a bet on who would score Ohio State’s first touchdown of the 2016 football season, chances are you didn’t shove your money under the name “K.J. Hill.” A redshirt freshman buried among a slew of players in Zach Smith’s wide receivers and on an offense that included J.T. Barrett, Curtis Samuel and Mike Weber, when Hill reeled in a 47-yard pass against Bowling Green to get the Buckeyes on the board, it came as a surprise to some.Even the player himself. “I didn’t think I was going to be that guy,” Hill said, “but I just got put in the position to do it so I just made the most of it.” Hill caught another pass that day for 11 more yards, then didn’t touch the ball again until Oct. 15 at Wisconsin. As the Buckeyes tried to figure out the best way to rotate their wide…

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