Last June, Devonta Smith had to watch as his best friend and teammate Jaylen Johnson wowed the Ohio State coaches during a one-day camp that was followed with a full-ride offer to Johnson.
Smith had been at a Minnesota satellite camp the night before, about three hours from his home on the west side of Cincinnati. Smith left that camp with an offer from the Golden Gophers, but the work he put in that day left him sore (especially in his Achilles and hamstring) and too physically drained to participate in the Buckeyes' camp that was held in the morning after that trip.