Has anyone noticed former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer hanging around the Washington Redskins quite a bit as of late? Well before you think too much of it, like him gunning for an executive-level job or cozying up next to ownership — which he definitely could be doing — consider that three of Meyer’s best players over the past few years are now playing in Washington, and they have a great chance to find some success in 2020.
Dwayne Haskins, Chase Young, and Terry McLaurin are all together once again after sharing a locker room in Columbus while playing under Meyer. If you ask the coach about any of them, he’ll wax poetic for you quite a bit, but there’s no one who gets higher praise than Young, who was the No. 2 overall pick in 2020 and largely regarded as the best defensive and overall player in the class.
“You’re getting arguably the most talented guy to go to the NFL in quite a while,” Meyer said, via Redskins.com. “I’m not saying he’s the best player yet, because he has to earn that…but just as far as God-given height, size, strength, speed…you got it all.”
That’s a bold statement to make, obviously, but Young’s 30.5 sacks in college put him in rarified air, and have him being compared to top-end rushers like Nick and Joey Bosa, who both played at Ohio State under Meyer as well. Everyone around those players got a chance to watch greatness at the very beginning, and determine for themselves who was the best.
“In college, I felt like Chase was the most productive of the three,” McLaurin said during Super Bowl week. “That doesn’t take anything away from [Joey and Nick]. That just tells you how good he can be.”
