
COLUMBUS, Ohio — One week removed from Ohio State football’s national championship loss to Alabama, attention has already turned to the 2021 Buckeyes. By the end of Monday we will know which draft-eligible third-year players opted to return for their senior season. Yet as I wrote last week, while those decisions will provide stability, development at other positions will decide the Buckeyes’ ceiling. We asked our Buckeye Talk text subscribers to rank eight candidates by who was most poised for a breakout in 2021. Full results for that poll and several other questions in our year-end survey are included on the link at the bottom of this article, or wherever you prefer to listen to podcasts. Our subscribers came up with the same top four as my list, in the same order: Ohio State defensive back Lathan Ransom (12) stepped into a big role in the College Football Playoff semifinal…
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