COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State stars Chase Young and Jeff Okudah took direct paths along straight lines from their recruiting commitments to the NFL Draft. In three years, Young went from the No. 7 recruit in the 2017 class to the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Okudah went from the No. 8 recruit to the No. 3 pick. Easy, right? Among the top 50 players in the 2017 recruiting rankings from 247sports.com, 15 were drafted in the first three rounds by the NFL on Thursday and Friday. That’s a remarkable success rate of 30 percent in a sport where nothing is assured. Ohio State had seven of those top 50, and second-rounder J.K. Dobbins meant three of them were taken at the top of this draft. Trevon Grimes transferred and Baron Browning is returning as a senior after a solid but not-yet first-round worthy career. But Shaun…
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