COLUMBUS, Ohio — The college football world is well aware of Ohio State football’s 1-2 receiving punch. Pro Football Focus already said Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson are the nation’s top two returning receivers. Most 2022 NFL mock drafts have both as first-round picks next April. Before we could completely turn the page to 2021 on Monday’s Buckeye Talk podcast, we took one final look back at a 2020 season that was more special than we first realized. Wilson obviously took the leap expected after his promising freshman year. He turned 43 receptions into 723 yards and six touchdowns. If you stretch that over the full 15-game season OSU would have played if not for the pandemic, those numbers balloon to 80 receptions, 1,355 yards and 11 touchdowns. Bar none, that would rank among the greatest seasons ever for an Ohio State receiver. Except Olave would have been even better.…
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