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WR Julian Fleming (transfer to Ped)

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Ohio State football’s Julian Fleming on the mend this spring as Buckeyes’ expectations remain high

In full context, Julian Fleming’s lack of a breakthrough so far should surprise no one.

Start with Ohio State football’s two potential All-Americans at the top of the depth chart. Toss in the coronavirus pandemic that chopped off most of last spring and a bunch of potential non-conference snaps last season. That robbed crucial development time from a freshman who, despite being the top-ranked receiver in the 2020 recruiting class, played in a run-heavy offense in high school.

Then add the injury that OSU receivers coach Brian Hartline said had limited Fleming to 75 percent health and required offseason surgery.

“It was pretty intensive,” Hartline said. “The kid is one of the toughest kids I’ve ever been around — to operate at the level he’s operated at with a linebacker strap on his shoulder to help protect that thing, and then try to execute at such a high level.”

Entire article: https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/...ing-as-buckeyes-expectations-remain-high.html

Just sayin': Hopefully he'll be 100% when the fall camp rolls around.
 
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No player comes to Ohio State without expectations, it’s just that some players have more expectations to live up to than others.

Sophomore wide receiver Julian Fleming belongs to the latter group. Ranked the No. 1 wide receiver in the 2020 class, Fleming arrived in Columbus with immense talent, as well as a shoulder issue. He played through the shoulder injury last year, but a medical procedure this past winter has taken care of the shoulder. He was limited this spring in what he could do, which is now the second year in a row he has missed out on a valuable developmental opportunity.

“Yeah, Julian’s not the only one. There’s multiple guys that have been robbed of crucial development time,” receivers coach Brian Hartline said last month. “The whole team was robbed of that last spring. Obviously, he’s been going through some things since high school, medically, that he needed to get cleared up. Got it cleared up. But it was pretty intensive. I mean, the kid is one of the toughest kids I’ve ever probably been around to operate at the level he’s operated at, with a linebacker strap on his shoulder to help protect that thing, and then trying to execute at such a high level. I mean, I think he’s a special individual.”
 
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off topic a bit on the whole size and speed thing: It's truly amazing to watch a large human move faster than your brain thinks they should be able to move given their size. It's one thing to see an xtra large human like Shaq or Orlando Pace but you almost never get to see them move at full speed up close.

I remember watching Sam Hubbard run down and cover kick offs one year at Rutgers. It was surreal to see a guy a full head taller than anyone else on the field, running down like the smaller people.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
off topic a bit on the whole size and speed thing: It's truly amazing to watch a large human move faster than your brain thinks they should be able to move given their size. It's one thing to see an xtra large human like Shaq or Orlando Pace but you almost never get to see them move at full speed up close.

I remember watching Sam Hubbard run down and cover kick offs one year at Rutgers. It was surreal to see a guy a full head taller than anyone else on the field, running down like the smaller people.
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Special powers brother....It’s real.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
off topic a bit on the whole size and speed thing: It's truly amazing to watch a large human move faster than your brain thinks they should be able to move given their size. It's one thing to see an xtra large human like Shaq or Orlando Pace but you almost never get to see them move at full speed up close.

I remember watching Sam Hubbard run down and cover kick offs one year at Rutgers. It was surreal to see a guy a full head taller than anyone else on the field, running down like the smaller people.
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On that note, when I was living in Lincoln, I lived with a bunch of the ‘89 freshman. Aside form Alonzo, Tovar and some of the lineman, one of the things that most surprised me is that many of the skill positions were filled with guys who were only moderately larger than I was.

That said, what they had that I didn’t was amazing athleticism, burst and speed. Considering that the hulking athletes also had that kind of ability too? Holy heck. Make no mistake, even as an athletic individual, there is a world of difference between a high level D1 athlete and we living in the rest of the world. Size may be a thing, but they have the full compliment that makes the rest of us marvel.
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
On that note, when I was living in Lincoln, I lived with a bunch of the ‘89 freshman. Aside form Alonzo, Tovar and some of the lineman, one of the things that most surprised me is that many of the skill positions were filled with guys who were only moderately larger than I was.

That said, what they had that I didn’t was amazing athleticism, burst and speed. Considering that the hulking athletes also had that kind of ability too? Holy heck. Make no mistake, even as an athletic individual, there is a world of difference between a high level D1 athlete and we living in the rest of the world. Size may be a thing, but they have the full compliment that makes the rest of us marvel.
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I lived in Morril tower in 2009/2010 met some walk-ons, some track guys and Jamal Berry. I lived with the walk-ons and track guys
 
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“His size and speed combination are like I’ve probably never seen in college football,” Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline said of Fleming in the spring. “The development he’s had from last camp, if you will — whatever you want to call that — through the season to develop but also learn football and grow was really awesome. … I’m so excited for Julian. I think he’s a rock star as an individual, and I look forward to getting him back on a full-time regiment.”

“I know he’s not hanging back in terms of the way he’s working right now,” Day said. “I mean, he’s busting his tail to play really, really well this year. And we’re expecting him to do that. So it’ll be fun to see how this season plays out for him.”
 
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