June 21, 2026

Former Ohio State CB Shaun Wade looks beyond up-and-down 2020, eager for NFL opportunity

Shaun Wade began last season at Ohio State as a potential first-round pick, poised to be next in the school’s lineage of cornerbacks taken near the top of the NFL draft. Then the script deviated. Between hampering injuries and an uneven transition from slot cornerback to outside cornerback, Wade watched his draft stock take a hit. When this year’s draft begins on Thursday, he is expected to fall outside the first 32 picks and tumble toward the middle rounds. But Wade isn’t hung up on last fall and the effect an inconsistent stretch had on his status as a prospect. A look back: Cornerback Shaun Wade runs 4.43 in 40-yard dash at second Ohio State football pro day “I can’t live in the past,” Wade said. “Things didn’t go my way, but it’s a part of life. Things don’t go a lot of people’s way. You just have to keep…

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