COLUMBUS, Ohio — Brian Hartline has quickly built a reputation as an elite recruiter as Ohio State football’s wide receivers coach. He added to an impressive resume on Wednesday when the Buckeyes signed three top-100 players in Jayden Ballard, Emeka Egbuka and Marvin Harrison Jr. They’ll join a room that already has seven other highly-rated talents. That’s a lot of elite players trying to fit into three starting spots. Head coach Ryan Day sees the overabundance of talent as a positive. Playing alongside great players is why they all came to Columbus. You might not be able to sell wide-open opportunities as other programs can, but the Buckeyes’ offensive stats speak for themselves. So does the challenge of trying to stand around in a room flooded with potential NFL talent. “You can talk about your offense,” Day said. “We can show them our passing statistics and what we’ve done the…
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