In getting – and giving – back to Ohio State, former Buckeyes WR and ‘football junky’ Brian Hartline may have found new calling


Brian Hartline wasn’t looking for a job when he returned to Ohio State. The former Buckeyes wide receiver, who spent seven seasons in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns, didn’t know what he was walking into last year when he came back on a whim to work with the scout team. An invitation to stick around through the spring turned into a quality control position, which was all it took to hook the receiver who wore the scarlet and gray from 2006-08. Now, Hartline is thinking about an unexpected career in coaching and making the most of his first exposure to Urban Meyer’s way of doing business after playing under Jim Tressel. “I was always told I’d be good coach,” Hartline said after practice on Monday. “And I always said I’d never coach because it would take too much time. But I’m just hooked on it. “As a…

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