Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade is staying for his senior season, and he may get rewarded with a much-improved draft stock, especially if the trend continues as it has been for OSU corners.
After all, that will be the clear goal as he could’ve easily left and been drafted after this past season as Ohio State’s No. 3 cornerback. Both the team’s other corners, Damon Arnette and Jeff Okudah, were first-round picks.
Just proving how dominant Ohio State cornerbacks are and how impressive they are to NFL teams, Wade will return and slide into the position of the team’s best corner.
He’ll also likely slide from in the slot to the outside as Okudah and Arnette were the two primary outside threats. That should, as Pro Football Focus’ Michael Renner reiterates, skyrocket his stock.
It may skyrocket it so much so that he becomes one of the two best cornerbacks in the 2021 NFL Draft, a vast improvement over potentially being a third-round pick in the 2020 draft.
According to PFF, Wade is the No. 2 cornerback prospect with Virginia Tech’s Caleb Farley sitting just slightly above him at the moment. OSU’s Wyatt Davis, Justin Fields, and Chris Olave are all likely to be top picks in the 2021 draft as well.
As for Wade, he’s combined for 57 tackles and four interceptions in his first two seasons, having also red-shirted a season. Wade, a former five-star recruit, is set to have a breakout season for the Buckeyes.
It should be fun.
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