Monday brought another top-flight commitment to the Ohio State Buckeyes. And again, it was a wide receiver who decided that Columbus would be home for his college years. That recruit was four-star Mookie Cooper, a native of Saint Louis, Mo.
You could make the case that the Saint Louis pipeline began for the Buckeyes when Ezekiel Elliott committed to Urban Meyer’s program back in 2013. At the time, Elliott was the No. 5 all-purpose back in the country and the No. 1 player in Missouri.
There’s almost a mirror image with Cooper, who’s the No.