During his two seasons at Ohio State, Eli Apple squared off against his fair share of quality wide receivers, but one player sticks out in his mind as the best he went against.
“Amari Cooper was probably the toughest receiver I ever went against, as far as quickness, and his speed, and how he set up people on his routes,” Apple said Saturday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
The pair’s only battle came via the College Football Playoff in the 2015 Sugar Bowl, but it’s assuredly a game neither will forget as the Buckeyes upset the Crimson Tide 42-35 to earn a trip to the National Championship Game – a game they would later win handedly over the Oregon Ducks.