COLUMBUS, Ohio — Underestimating Zach Harrison feels like the fair thing to do. Because the other choice is comparing him to Chase Young. Harrison is Ohio State’s sophomore defensive end who was a five-star recruit in the Class of 2019, the No. 12 recruit in the nation, the No. 1 recruit in Ohio and the No. 2 defensive end. That made Harrison the 14th-highest rated Ohio State recruit in the modern era of recruiting, dating back to 2000, with three recent defensive ends ahead of him — Noah Spence in the 2012 class, Nick Bosa in 2016 and Young in 2017. And Jack Sawyer, coming in the Class of 2021, has a higher rating than Harrison as well. So Harrison is talented, but he’s playing a position at a program where talented is the norm. The issue isn’t the recruiting rating. It’s the progress and production that’s expected. Ohio State…
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