Shawn Wade will not play another snap for Ohio State.
Amid ongoing uncertainty over whether Big Ten will play football this fall, Ohio State star Cornburk has chosen to leave the season and announce the 2021 NFL Draft, he announced Monday morning.
“It’s been a very difficult decision to make, but I know it’s the right decision for me. In light of the COVID-19 epidemic and uncertainty surrounding our season, I have decided to give up my remaining qualifications and officially announce the 2021 NFL Draft, ”Wade said in a video posted on his Twitter account on Monday morning. “I am always grateful to the bookie nation and look forward to the next chapter.”
Buckeye for life pic.twitter.com/b0iP6Rqo4i
– Shawn Wade (@ ShanWade24) September 14, 2020
Wade, who was already expected to be picked in the preliminary round if he announced for the NFL Draft last year, but chose to return to Columbus for a fourth year of eligibility, was elected captain of the team and when he was a Ohio State minor during the transfer. Will handle the leadership. On the outside cornbuck after playing slot cornbuck for the past two seasons.
On Aug. 4, the same day he was named the Buccaneers’ seven captains for the 2020 season, Wade told reporters he has no regrets about returning to Ohio State for another year and is not considering dropping out of the fall college football season. . After choosing to postpone the Big Ten season, Wade’s father Randy said his son would not play if the season started after October. Wade returned to Florida with his family in recent weeks as they waited to see if Big Ten would re-establish a chance to play Ohio State this fall, but nonetheless, it is possible Big Ten could make the same decision on Monday. , Wade decided he couldn’t wait any longer.
Thank you Bookie Nation!
Forever a bookie! pic.twitter.com/VFjKukLpLV
– Shawn Wade (Saturday 24) September 14, 2020
Wade became the second Ohio State player to be officially disqualified during the Ledge football season and announced the 2021 NFL Draft, joining rights defender Wyatt Davis. Wade has hired an agent.
Wade, widely expected to be one of the top defensive backs in college football after receiving third-team All-Big Ten honors last year, is widely expected to pick a first-round draft pick. He graduated from Ohio State in August with a degree in sports industry.
Now that Wade is leaving Ohio State, his return to the secondary will not begin whenever the Bookies return to the field. Sevin Banks, Cameron Brown, Marcus Williamson and Tyrek Johnson are the leading candidates for new bookies on the cornbuck, while Josh Proctor and Marcus Hooker are the top candidates for safety startups.
Randy Wade was one of the most vocal parents about efforts to re-establish the fall season last month, with a pair of protests taking place outside Big Ten headquarters and outside Ohio Stadium. Wade’s father said with all, however, that he was not only fighting for his son, but that all bookies could get a chance to play this fall, and that his son’s decision would not be fully linked to whether he actually achieved that result. .
“If Shawn doesn’t play this year, he has a good chance, God willing, to go to the first round,” Randy Wade said last month. “But there haven’t been other kids who have been waiting their whole lives for this moment.”
