COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jakailin Johnson, celebrating his first Ohio State football tackle last Sept. 25, stood over Akron receiver Konata Mumpfield and gloated exactly long enough to ruin the moment. The officials threw an unsportsmanlike conduct flag. Buckeye coach Ryan Day pulled the cornerback back to the sideline for a terse conversation. The former top-50 prospect from St. Louis returned a few plays later with the worst of his college debut presumably behind him. On the contrary. After Johnson next made contact, throwing his left shoulder into receiver Tony Grimes Jr., his whole left arm went limp at his side. He played out the rest of garbage time, but those eight snaps comprised his entire season of work. That second hit fractured Johnson’s left shoulder. While fellow freshman corner Denzel Burke started all 13 games and another, Jordan Hancock, played in several games, Johnson healed and watched. “This is the…
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