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Marvin Harrison Jr. popped off in Year 2. So did Emeka Egbuka. Before them, the same was true for Jaxon Smith-Njigba — Chris Olave, too, and to a certain extent Garrett Wilson. Second-year breakouts are a thing, a trend, a spectacle, perhaps all in one for Ohio State wide receivers. Carnell Tate wants next. “I feel like it’s my time now,” Tate said Friday. “If not now, then when? I feel like I’m ready to embrace that bigger role as we go on.” Tate had more targets (28), receptions (18) and receiving yards (264) as a true freshman than Harrison, Smith-Njigba and Olave did as first-year Buckeyes…

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