Jim Knowles sees “a ton of potential” in second-year cornerbacks Jordan Hancock and Jakailin Johnson, who Ryan Day named as two of Ohio State’s most improved players.
As well as Denzel Burke played as a true freshman, it might be easy to forget that he was only the third-highest-rated cornerback in Ohio State’s recruiting class of 2021.
Now that Hancock and Johnson are going through their first full offseason as Buckeyes and Banks, Watts and McCall are all gone from Ohio State, the door is wide open for both of them to compete for spots on the two-deep and potentially earn significant playing time as second-year Buckeyes. And it certainly sounds like they did what they needed to do in winter workouts going into spring football to put themselves in position to take advantage.
“I didn't know them in the past, but I see them as becoming mature. Really quick guys, athletic guys. Quick, as I watched them in the offseason work,” Knowles said. “And they have a willingness to get better, and to take coaching, whether that's in the weight room or on the field. So I just think there's a ton of potential there.”
“They some dogs,” Brown said in December. “They like to hit. They love competing. They ain’t gonna back down from no one. They go against the best receivers in the country, they go against Chris and Garrett and Jaxon and everybody, they don’t back down from them.Burke, like Brown, also described Johnson and Hancock as “dogs.”
“They want to dominate every rep,” Brown said. “They’ll go out there and be aggressive, they talk trash, they’ll cover you, they’ll hit you.”Jaxon Smith-Njigba Still Thinks He “Can Get Way Better” After Record-Setting Sophomore Season at Ohio State
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