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Derrick Shepard and Larry Johnson Connect Through Respect and Honesty, Robert Landers Mentoring Shepard, Another Five-Star Quarterback for Ohio State?

The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.

Shepard, Johnson continue building relationship

Over the years, Larry Johnson has done so much of the bulk of his recruiting in the shadows. The most recent example was him pulling in Virginia defensive tackle Tyleik Williams, who was rarely talked about in this space and across all other Ohio State recruiting outlets.

Johnson’s work can often go under the radar publicly, but that’s not the case in one-on-one settings with high school prospects, especially when it comes to building relationships.