COLUMBUS, Ohio — Paris Johnson Jr. waited three years to finally be Ohio State football’s left tackle, and his reward is making a debut against a potential first-round NFL Draft pick, just as he would want it to be. “That’s why I came here,” Johnson said. “I wanted to go up against the best people every week. But I feel like it should be harder in practice too (with) the type of people we have in this locker room.” Johnson arrived as a five-star talent and top tackle in the 2020 recruiting class, but he’s never actually gotten to play the position. As a freshman, he was in a backup role where the only game where it could’ve been possible for him to play tackle would’ve been against Michigan State when the offensive line room had a COVID-19 outbreak. Except he was part of that group as well. Then as…
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