In a position group that’s loaded with high-end recruits, a walk-on also made a push for playing time during Ohio State’s spring practices.
Ohio State has 10 wide receivers on its roster for the 2022 season, and all 10 of them were either four- or five-star recruits. None of them were ranked lower than 151st overall in their respective recruiting classes. Generally, it’s extremely difficult for a walk-on to climb the depth chart in a position group with that much talent.
Based on what Ryan Day and Brian Hartline have had to say about Xavier Johnson this offseason, however, the fifth-year senior walk-on shouldn’t be ruled out as a candidate to earn snaps in this year’s wide receiver rotation.