By all accounts, James Franklin has done a better job of recruiting high-end talent to Penn State than anyone has at the school in two decades. Since Rivals’ recruiting rankings began almost 20 years ago followed by Scout, ESPN and 24/7, nobody had lured three consensus top-20 national classes in a row to PSU until Franklin and his staff completed their third in February. If he keeps this up, he may have a shot at second place in the Big Ten East someday. That’s because the just completed 2016 NFL Draft has provided the already embarrassingly dominant Urban Meyer with more recruiting momentum than an Indy car coming off turn 2. Everyone else is shooting for runner-up. Ten Ohio State players were taken in the first three rounds alone, 12 in the first four – both Draft records for any school. And those first 10 players will get paid handsomely. Those are the ones who get big bonuses and who get a higher percentage of their salaries guaranteed, which in the violent sport of football means a lot more than it does in baseball or basketball. When Joey Bosa was made the surprise No. 3 overall pick by the Chargers on Thursday night, it wasn’t just the Bosa family who was celebrating. Sure, the OSU defensive end probably made an extra $3-to-4 million over what he would have made as, say, the No. …
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