COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Urban Meyer explained it, this has always been Ohio State’s plan. It’s just never worked out this well before. The Buckeyes signed three receivers in their 2017 recruiting class that you could label as “prototypes”, both in physical stature and in the fact that they come to Columbus as no-doubt-about-it receivers. No position changes, no major learning curve. Some are further along in their development than others, but they know what they are. That feels different, but Meyer is saying it’s not be design. “It’s not a philosophical shift,” Meyer said on National Signing Day. “Not at all.” Maybe that’s just something Meyer is saying because he doesn’t want the next undersized speedster on Ohio State’s recruiting board to go elsewhere when he thinks the Buckeyes are only interested in monsters now. But the signings of Trevon Grimes (6-foot-3, 202 pounds), Jaylen Harris (6-foot-5, 210 pounds) and Elijah Gardiner…
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