COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State football program is the top dog of the Big Ten, and sometimes that reality means getting to go into the backyard of neighboring programs and raid them for their talent. In 2019, Julian Fleming was the most prominent example of that when the No. 3 player and top wide receiver in the 2020 recruiting class picked the Buckeyes over Penn State. The former five-star recruit is from Catawissa, Pennsylvania, a small city located 90 miles from PSU’s campus. He’s a kid who grew up surrounded by Nittany Lion fans, most of which expected him to one day wear the blue and white as an elite prospect who could help raise the level of play. Then OSU transformed into the home to the elite passing attacks with Brian Hartline recruiting every big-time wide receiver prospect in the country, and that idea went out the window. Fleming because…
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