It was the first question that made him pause.
Sophomore wide receiver Emeka Egbuka had fielded a plethora of questions from reporters after the second day of spring practice, a media session that he primarily used to laud his fellow teammates in the Ohio State wide receivers corps. But then, he was asked which receiver on the field was the fastest.
“The fastest?,” Egbuka said. “Oh, you might have to ask (Mickey Marotti). Check take the tapes though. I'm up there. In terms of acceleration, I'm up there.”
Speed has always been in Egbuka’s repertoire, and was a good part of the reason the former five-star recruit was the No.