Credit: Student SportsBuckeyes running back commit J.K. Dobbins put on a show during combine testing. BEAVERTON, Oregon — Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer has assembled college football’s top-rated 2017 recruiting class in composite rankings, and several members of the group attended The Opening national finals this past week. Held July 5-10 at Nike’s world headquarters, the event featured more than 150 athletes from high school football squads across America. Recent alumni of The Opening include Leonard Fournette, Deshaun Watson, Ezekiel Elliott and Jalen Ramsey. Ohio State recruits and targets arrived in abundance, competing alongside each other in seven-on-seven action and also making an impact in the trenches. Bleacher Report was in attendance throughout the week and observed a variety of Buckeyes-related developments. J.K. Dobbins Receives Hardware from Former Buckeyes Star J.K. Dobbins, a 5’9 ½, 199-pound running back from La Grange, Texas, committed to Ohio State in March. In Beaverton, he encountered one of the program’s most impressive players of the Urban Meyer era. Ezekiel Elliott, offensive MVP of the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, was on location Friday when athletes underwent combine drills during the Nike Football Ratings Championship. An alumnus of The Opening, the dynamic Dallas Cowboys rookie running back commanded plenty of attention from recruits during his time on the field. He spent some time with Dobbins shortly after the Ratings Championship wrapped up. The Lone Star State recruit took top honors at the event with a cumulative score of 146.76. His effort included a 4.45 in the 40-yard dash, a 4.09 in the agility shuttle, a 42-foot power ball toss and a 43.1-inch vertical leap. “Honestly, I felt I should’ve done better,” Dobbins told Bleacher Report’s Sanjay Kirpalani. “But, I came out on top, and that’s been the main goal the whole time.”…
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