It’s not as common at Ohio State as it used to be for the Buckeyes’ best players to have grown up an hour or two’s drive away from the Horseshoe. Credit that to Urban Meyer, who moved the Buckeyes out of a shop-local mentality on top talent and took their recruiting national. Ezekiel Elliott, Joey and Nick Bosa, Curtis Samuel, Michael Thomas, J.T. Barrett and Malik Hooker are just a few of the out-of-staters who carried Meyer to unprecedented success over his seven seasons, including the 2014 national championship. Where Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce and Jim Tressel did it differently, dotting their rosters with in-state studs like Rex Kern, Jim Stillwagon, Cris Carter, Chris Spielman, Troy Smith and A.J. Hawk. Would Dwayne Haskins or Chase Young have wound up in Columbus in a different era? We’ll never, but we know where Haskins’ current NFL home, and Young’s likely future destination,…
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