I realize calling this a long shot would be a massive understatement, but hear me out.
I’ve been wondering recently if there’s an outside chance that any of our star juniors (Johnson, Graham, Grant, Loveland) return for next season. I know they’re all being mocked in the first round, with Johnson as high as #2 in places, but we saw players like Sawyer, Ebuka and Henderson (day 2 picks IMO) come back to OSU for one more shot this season. I also recall hearing that Michigan had a One More Year fund that helped keep the likes of Corum and Zinter last year.
To be clear, all four of those guys could never play another snap and still leave as legends. But with this season having gone the way it has, do we think there’s any possibility that some combination of NIL, “I don’t wanna go out like that”, plus the opportunity to be captains and impart some of The Standard™️ to the hot shot younglings coming in that could bring one or two of them back next year? Or is Rod Moore the ultimate cautionary tale and there’s no chance in hell?
I’ve been wondering recently if there’s an outside chance that any of our star juniors (Johnson, Graham, Grant, Loveland) return for next season. I know they’re all being mocked in the first round, with Johnson as high as #2 in places, but we saw players like Sawyer, Ebuka and Henderson (day 2 picks IMO) come back to OSU for one more shot this season. I also recall hearing that Michigan had a One More Year fund that helped keep the likes of Corum and Zinter last year.
To be clear, all four of those guys could never play another snap and still leave as legends. But with this season having gone the way it has, do we think there’s any possibility that some combination of NIL, “I don’t wanna go out like that”, plus the opportunity to be captains and impart some of The Standard™️ to the hot shot younglings coming in that could bring one or two of them back next year? Or is Rod Moore the ultimate cautionary tale and there’s no chance in hell?
