COLUMBUS, Ohio — You know the question has come up as prospective recruits look across the table at an up-and-coming assistant coach with a background like Brian Hartline’s. Surely Ohio State football’s second-year wide receivers coach will eventually want to further his career and make the jump from position to coach to something with more responsibility, prestige and compensation. Hartline, however, enjoyed an abundance of those last two enticements while playing wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns. When asked how he addresses the topic of his future with recruits, Hartline spoke of his family’s roots in Columbus, the connection he feels as an alum and the fulfillment he gets from coaching receivers. “It’s really early — I don’t want to sound ignorant to the fact — but I don’t know what would get me out of the city, frankly, and unless I’m just not good,” Hartline said…
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