COLUMBUS, Ohio — Derrick Shepard of Archibishop Alter High School fits the description of the type of player Ohio State football would target on the recruiting trail. He’s rated as the No. 182 overall player and No. 12 defensive tackle in the 2022 class with a rising stock having already earned 18 offers. He’s one of the 10 Ohio players in the class classified as a four-star. He also happens to have a stamp of approval from teammate and longtime friend linebacker C.J. Hicks, otherwise known as the leader of OSU’s second-ranked class. “Even before he committed, he was telling me to come be apart of something special, come be great,” Shepard told cleveland.com. “At school, we’d be walking down the hallway, and he’ll have on Ohio State gear. Every time we walk past each other, he’ll point at it, and his eyes will get bright.” Despite those characteristics, he’s…
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