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It has been quite a journey for Xavier Johnson since arriving at Ohio State in 2018. The three-star recruit from Summit Country Day High School in Cincinnati had a number of scholarship offers from Cincinnati, Ohio, and a number of other schools. Instead, Johnson decided to pass on those full rides to make the journey a couple of hours up I-71 and become a member of the Buckeyes as a walk-on.