Amanda Dorchock didn’t want her son to get his hopes up. Bryson Rodgers already had his chance to play high-level college football, and was coveted badly enough that both Georgia coach Kirby Smart and Alabama coach Nick Saban each landed helicopters on the Wiregrass Ranch High School football field in Wesley Chapel, Florida, to watch him play. But the 2023 wide receiver continued to wait, eager for that offer to bring him back home. Dorchock remembers when Rodgers’ dream began to pick up steam in January, when he showed her a Twitter direct message from Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline. From that point, everything fell into place for Rodgers. Ohio State football news:Sign up for the Ohio State Sports Insider text group with Dispatch reporters Hartline flew down to watch Rodgers run routes in person a week later and extended a scholarship offer. Three months later, Rodgers was…
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