COLUMBUS – Expectations were high going into Austin Mack’s freshman season at Ohio State last year. As the first early enrollee ever to lose his black stripe in spring practice since Urban Meyer implemented the tradition at Ohio State, Mack was expected to make an immediate impact on the Buckeyes offense last season. Instead, the four-star wide receiver recruit caught only two passes for 15 yards in his freshman year. As a result, external expectations are lower for Mack going into his sophomore season. But he and his coaches and teammates believe he is much more prepared now to make an impact. Despite the immediate impression he made last spring, Mack wasn’t ready to contribute in a meaningful fashion last season. He describes his first season as a Buckeye as humbling. “It’s an eye-opening thing,” Mack said Thursday. “Every freshman, we come in, especially the fall camp, it’s a new…
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