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Shaun Wade Return Helps Bridge Gap to 2021, DB Transfer Portal Names with Buckeye Connections to Monitor, JC Latham Sets Commit Date

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.

Wade return helps Ohio State bridge gap

The moment Shaun Wade announced his return to Ohio State, it changed everything for the back end of the Buckeyes' defense in 2020.

The most difficult task this offseason for Ryan Day, Greg Mattison and whoever becomes the new secondary coach/co-defensive coordinator (it's sounding more and more every day like it will be Kerry Coombs, so Ohio State fans should be Lamar Jackson fans this weekend) will be to create almost an entirely new defensive backfield.