COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tyreke Johnson committed to Ohio State football at the end of a stellar two-year recruiting surge for then-cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs. Between the 2017 and ’18 classes, the Buckeyes added a top-three NFL Draft pick in Jeff Okudah, a fourth-round pick and immediate contributor in Kendall Sheffield and a projected first-rounder next year in Shaun Wade. And then there’s Johnson, whose relationship as high school teammates with Wade at Jacksonville, Florida’s Trinity Christian played a role in him joining the Buckeyes. Johnson was a five-star prospect, same as those other three. Yet after a redshirt season in 2018, Johnson played only 57 defensive snaps over six games last season, per the Eleven Warriors tracker. With Okudah and Damon Arnette moving on to the NFL, two of the Buckeyes’ three starting cornerback spots are up for grabs. Their exits coincide with Kerry Coombs’ return, this time as defensive…
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