COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In the 72 hours after Ohio State won the 2015 national championship game, Cardale Jones had a life-changing decision to make. © The Associated Press Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Cardale Jones (7) looks for a receiver during the first half of the team’s NFL football preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Jones had played in only three college games, but the early returns had been impressive. He had gone from third-string backup to Buckeye folk hero. NFL scouts were intrigued by his potential, and prognosticators pegged him as a possible first-round pick. It was assumed that he would leave college early and declare for the NFL draft. Instead, the quarterback who had once tweeted that he “ain’t come here to play SCHOOL” decided to return to Ohio State. He spent another year in school, slipped…
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