COLUMBUS, Ohio — When quarterback Gunnar Hoak decided to leave Kentucky after spring football practice, five or six teams showed interest in him. Texas State. Eastern Michigan. Western Kentucky. Rutgers. And the powerhouse down the road from where he grew up. Ohio State didn’t recruit Hoak, the son of a former OSU player and the nephew of former Ohio State defensive coordinator Fred Pagac, when he graduated from Dublin Coffman High School in the Columbus suburbs as the No. 872 recruit in the Class of 2016, the No. 37 player in Ohio and the No. 40 pro-style quarterback in the nation. He picked Ohio State now, after throwing 26 passes in three years at Kentucky, because … well, why wouldn’t you? “It’s a great path to take,” Hoak said Sunday in his first interview session since joining the Buckeyes. “I wanted to be a part of it.” A…
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