Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah on Thursday could become just the sixth cornerback to be selected with a top-five pick since 2000. “I think it’s big time,” Okudah told Sporting News. “As a freshman, coming in and watching Denzel (Ward) go about his business and three years later I’m almost in the same predicament as he was in. I just think it’s cool that everything has come full circle.” In this case, full circle means Okudah did what was expected with the Buckeyes. He will become the 14th cornerback taken in the first round from the school since 1991. SN’s Vinnie Iyer projects Okudah will be taken by the Detroit Lions with the No. 3 pick. Okudah’s jouney at Ohio State, however, was uniquely challenging. His mother Marie died just six days after he arrived on campus. The five-star cornerback from Grand Praire, Texas, leaned on his classmates, including fellow Texas…
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