Ohio State Football has 4 potential first rounders in 2020 NFL Draft
By Cory Kinnan
Looking like a top 15 lock at the very least, depending on how the board falls, is star cornerback Jeffrey Okudah. Listed as the top cornerback in this 2020 NFL Draft class, Okudah has elite footwork off the line of scrimmage, combine with great hand usage that make him a dominant press coverage cornerback.
Standing at 6-1 and 200 pounds, Okudah is bigger and stronger than he appears on film, and it is evident by his ability to bully receivers at the line of scrimmage and track with them stride for stride down the field. Okudah also has elite ball tracking ability, evidenced on film and also by his box score numbers of three picks and four passes defended at this point in his 2019 campaign.
On film Okudah looks like the best draft eligible cornerback in the nation, and the NFL Scouting Combine could only further prove that should he test off the charts in Indianapolis in March. Following the likes of Eli Apple, Marshone Lattimore, Gareon Conley, and Denzel Ward to hear their names called in the first round in recent years, Okudah looks like the next Buckeye to receive this honor.
Is this Ohio State football program DBU? They definitely have the resume to make a case. Speaking of which…