COLUMBUS, Ohio — Last June, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day used a specific example while encouraging Columbus-area businesses to partner with his players for name, image and likeness revenue. A highly ranked safety was very intrigued about playing for the Buckeyes. He also had a particular business interest he planned to explore. Ohio State had set up an infrastructure that could connect the prospect in question with revenue options after he joined the program. Day could not name that player then, and surely would not name him now. All of the context clues, however, pointed to Caleb Downs, the No. 1 safety prospect in the nation. On Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period, Downs signed with Alabama. National signing day is routinely a day of celebration. That is true even for programs not signing the highest-ranked classes in the country. Everyone wants to put on an…
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