COLUMBUS, Ohio — At first glance, Bryson Rodgers’ commitment to Ohio State football drifts from the usual Brian Hartline blueprint. The Class of 2023 prospect from Wiregrass Ranch High School in Zephyrhills, Florida, is a three-star prospect ranked No. 367 nationally and No. 48 among receivers in the 247 Sports composite. If Rodgers does not climb the rankings, he would be both the first consensus three-star and first ranked outside the top 25 nationally to join the Buckeyes under Hartline. Dig a little deeper, and you see the reasons why OSU wanted Rodgers in a receiver room that needed to replenish its numbers with this class. For starters, Rodgers may live in Florida now, but he hails from Warren. That’s the same region of Hartline’s own hometown of Canton. This has long been an OSU recruiting strategy — find out-of-state prospects with Ohio ties and bring them home. Secondly, Rodgers…
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