One advantage that a quarterback draft prospect usually has at his pro day, in contrast with the NFL Scouting Combine, is the opportunity to throw to familiar receivers.
That wasn’t exactly the case, however, for J.T. Barrett at Thursday’s Ohio State pro day.
Because Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin, Johnnie Dixon and K.J. Hill all decided to stay in school for one more year – leaving no wide receivers among the Buckeyes’ 2018 NFL draft prospects – Ohio State had to get creative in finding receivers for Barrett to throw to Thursday.
Instead to throwing to wide receivers who he played with at Ohio State, Barrett’s wide receivers on Thursday consisted of two small-school products and a quality control coach.