Scarlet Sunrise: Four former Buckeyes among NFL's best selling jerseys

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Four former Buckeyes among NFL’s best selling jerseys

Ohio State has produced some of the best talent currently in the NFL.

Some of those talented players are showing up as the most popular in the league, as well. Four former Buckeyes appeared on the top-50 jerseys sold this season, according to the NFLPA.

Justin Fields jerseys were the most popular among former Buckeyes players. He was the 8th-best selling jersey in the entire NFL during his rookie season with the Bears.

The Buckeyes in the top-50 selling jerseys this season:

No. 8 – Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields

No. 16 – Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott

No. 23 – San Francisco 49ers DE Nick Bosa

No. 42- Washington Commanders DE Chase Young

Priority Buckeyes cornerback target plans summer visits

Lettermen Row’s Birm provided an update on 2023 DeSmet (St. Louis) High School cornerback Christian Gray on Tuesday. Part of it can be found here.

The four-star cornerback from DeSmet (St. Louis) High School is the country’s No. 9-ranked cornerback and he’s down to just four school as he tries to finalize a choice with a planned decision date of July 4.

Ohio State, LSU, Notre Dame and USC are still in the mix for the 5-foot-11, 175-pound defensive back. He will make official visits to each school in June and then turn toward a commitment in early July.

Speaking with Lettermen Row, the young cornerback tried to break down why each of these upcoming trips is important for him. He’ll start the month of June with a trip to Baton Rouge and LSU on the weekend of June 3. That program has become the trendy pick in his recruitment in recent months thanks to the hiring of Robert Steeples as the Tigers cornerbacks coach. Steeples coached Christian Gray at DeSmet prior to leaving for a job with the Minnesota Vikings two years ago.

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READ: Christian Gray focused on four schools as pivotal June arrives

ICYMI: Buckeyes sit atop ESPN SP+ Rankings for 2022

Everyone loves preseason rankings and they’re even better four months before the season begins. Most of the time those rankings aren’t worth much and are based on hype rather than any objective measure but that’s now how ESPN.com’s Billy Connelly does it. Connelly has crafted the SP+, a system that takes into account returning production, recently recruiting rankings, and recent history to try and get a better, more thorough ranking.

And with the majority of their team returning, it’s not a surprise to see Ohio State well represented in Connelly’s latest ranking. In fact, Ryan Day’s program enters the summer perched atop the list as the No. 1-ranked team heading into 2022.

The Buckeyes are joined by Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and Oklahoma in the top five.

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