COLUMBUS, Ohio — On an early Friday evening in mid-June, the present, past and future of Ohio State football piled into the three-room Huntington Club above Ohio Stadium Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett was diligently distributing resumes and rekindling connections made over previous years. Nearby stood ex-Ohio State players Tommy Schutt, Joel Hale and Adam Griffin, now members of the corporate world. This was the vision Urban Meyer had when he first conceptualized his “Real Life Wednesdays” program, which has culminated in each of the past four years with a job fair like the one the Buckeyes held Friday night. Current Ohio State stars making corporate connections with Goldman Sachs, ESPN and Les Wexner’s L Brands — and in some cases, learning from ex-teammates that their ideal destination — the NFL — can stand for “Not For Long.” “We operate under the saying that there’s testimony and there’s theory. Theory is the way it’s supposed to…
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