SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — They were seven of the top 53 recruits in the country, and three years later those seven Buckeyes from the Class of 2017 are leading Ohio State into Saturday’s College Football semifinal against Clemson, all of them major contributors, six of them starters, four of them first-team All-Americans. Of course they are, except there is no “of course” in recruiting, not even with five-stars. This is converting an initial attraction into reality. This is talent into production, potential into proof, kids into players, recruits into Buckeyes. This is what it looks like when a team gathers talent at the highest level, and that’s just the start. Ohio State is 13-0 because the Buckeyes in 2017 signed Chase Young, Jeff Okudah, Baron Browning, Shaun Wade, Wyatt Davis, J.K. Dobbins and Josh Myers and all of them are just who the Buckeyes hoped they’d be. “We just got so…
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