Richard Sherman. Aqib Talib.Those are two names Jeffrey Okudah casually dropped in conversation during his first press availability with the local Columbus media. He isn’t shy about projecting himself at the next level in the same realm as those players, even though he has yet to play a down of college football. “I know big corners have a lot of success. Just looking at the NFL: Richard Sherman, Aqib Talib. Those are some big corners,” Okudah said on National Signing Day. “And they’re also regarded as the best corners in the NFL. I really don’t think my height even matters.” Like Talib, the Denver Broncos cornerback, Okudah is listed at 6-foot-1. Sherman plays for the Seattle Seahawks and is 6-foot-3. Any more, professional franchises want long, fast and strong cornerbacks to body up against powerful wide receivers one-on-one on the outside. In recent years under Kerry Coombs’s tutelage, Ohio State has…
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