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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.

Johnson happy for Smith, wants him to reach NFL

The day that Cincinnati La Salle cornerback Devonta Smith got an offer from Ohio State, Jaylen Johnson was ecstatic. Johnson knew that the offer meant it was only a matter of time before his best friend and La Salle defensive backfield teammate joined him in the Buckeyes’ 2021 class.

Just two days later, Smith silently committed to the Buckeyes, and two more days later he made the announcement official, which was the second commitment of a four-commits-in-three-days run that sparked Ohio State’s rise to the No.