CINCINNATI – Paris Johnson nods, a black Ohio State baseball cap atop his head. He’s heard this spiel before.
The 4.0 Princeton High School graduate doesn’t need any history lessons. Yes, of course he already knows that only one freshman offensive lineman – Michael Jordan, a current Cincinnati Bengals guard – has started at Ohio State since Orlando Pace in 1994. How could he not? Johnson, who grew up in the city in which Jordan now plays, already has a long-standing relationship with the former Buckeye, and they’ve talked about how Johnson can follow in Jordan’s footsteps as a first-year starter.