
INDIANAPOLIS — Make room for Malik Harrison. Ohio State football is better off with underdog players like him, though getting a local three-star recruit like Harrison in a class may actually be more difficult than getting a five-star guy like Chase Young or Jeff Okudah in the class. Ohio State always gets five-stars. Will they always have room for the next Harrison? Harrison added to his status as a potential second-round pick at linebacker in the 2020 NFL Draft by showing off good speed and quickness on his 247-pound frame in NFL combine drills Saturday night. One of the bigger linebackers at the combine, Harrison figured he’d still be one of the quickest, and he was right. His time in the three-cone drill (which measures agility) was the best of any linebacker, and his 4.66 40-yard dash was 15th of the 30 linebackers who ran. Only one of the 14…
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