This Ohio State football player will likely still be a first-round pick even though he had a season-ending injury.
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Despite season-ending injury, Ohio State football player will be a first-round pick
This Ohio State football player will likely still be a first-round pick even though he had a season-ending injury.
The Ohio State football team likely won't have as many first-round picks as they normally do. Their national championship-winning team was loaded with talent but not with as much top-end talent as their teams normally are. Yet, they had 15 players invited to the NFL Combine.
At most, they will have two first-round picks. Emeka Egbuka is one of those picks. The Buckeye wide receiver has a shot to be taken at the end of the first round. He showed that he can be a really good player at the next level, even if he's not the team's number-one guy right away.
he other first-round pick that the Buckeyes will have is one of the offensive linemen that they lost for the season. They lost both their left tackle and their center and still went on to win a national title. That's how good this team was. Josh Simmons was the player who suffered an injury at the left tackle spot.
Ohio State football player Josh Simmons will likely be a first-round pick
Simmons suffered a knee injury in the first matchup against Oregon that cost him the rest of his season. He was Ohio State's best offensive lineman at the time, so having him go down was a major setback. Yet, he is still likely going to be a first-round pick.
He is ahead of schedule when it comes to the recovery from that knee injury. Teams really liked what he showed on film in the first half of the season. His improvement from last year was truly stunning. He went from being a guy with a lot of physical traits who was inconsistent to being one of the best tackles in the country.
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