Sep 19, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes defensive lineman Joey Bosa (97) tackles Northern Illinois Huskies punter Jake Ambrose on a botched snap during the second quarter at Ohio Stadium. The game is tied 10-10 at half. Photo Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports Am I way off base by thinking Joey Bosa is being undervalued in this year’s NFL Draft? Seriously, a guy that’s 6-foot-6, 275 pounds that has made a living out of sacking quarterbacks and tackling ball carriers behind the line of scrimmage for the past three years at Ohio State (yeah, Ohio flippin’ State), runs a 4.86 in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine and all of a sudden starts sliding down mock drafts? Really? Why? Before spring practices fired up all of the country prior to last season, every talent evaluator and knowledgeable football junkie in America was talking up this guy like he was the second coming of Lawrence Taylor after he played an instrumental role in Ohio State downing Alabama and Oregon to win the first-ever College Football Playoff. Coming off a campaign in which he recorded 55 tackles, 13 ½ sacks, 21 ½ tackles for loss and four forced fumbles in the Buckeyes championship campaign, Bosa was simply dominant. Not only did he became just the 27th Ohio State player in 84 years to be named a unanimous All-American, but he also took home the Big Ten and the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year awards as a true sophomore. Then came all the expectations in 2015 for Bosa, and the Buckeyes, to repeat the 2014 team’s success, but that’s not how things played out. Despite being named a Big Ten first-team selection for the second consecutive season, Bosa’s numbers dipped to five sacks and 16 tackles for loss (13 ½ in Big Ten play, which led the conference) in his final stint in Columbus primarily due to being the focal point of every opposing team’s offense. …
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