Jake Stoneburner was a star receiver in high school who was asked to play tight end once he arrived at Ohio State. He took a redshirt season and started putting on the weight he’d need to play the new position.
This is where the story gets interesting. As Stoneburner bulked up by more than 20 pounds, he didn’t lose any speed. In fact, he has gotten even faster.
The junior recently finished an electronically timed 40-yard dash at 4.49 seconds, which was nearly two-tenths of a second better than his freshman year. That’s coming from a guy who is 6-foot-5, 250 pounds, with a hang clean of 400 pounds in the weight room. Buckeyes strength coach Eric Lichter calls those numbers “freakish.”
“Jake has always been able to run, and he is fast enough to outrun anyone,” Lichter…
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