Many moons ago, when Woody Hayes harrumphed and harangued along the Ohio State sideline, a completed pass was the Buckeyes’ version of a lunar eclipse — rare and too often obscured by a running back’s cloud of dust. In 1973, OSU quarterback Cornelius Green attempted 46 passes the entire season. In 2019, Justin Fields attempted that many in one game. Ohio State didn’t even call them wide receivers. They were ends, presumably because they were at the end of the line where play-calling options were concerned. All that is to say when ranking the best wide receivers in Ohio State history, the timeline begins where Woody ends, after 1978. Not that the Buckeyes lacked talent before then — ends Dante Lavelli (1942) and Paul Warfield (1961-63) are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame — but the passing game emerged under Earle Bruce, then continued to evolve through the 1980s…
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