KENDALL SHEFFIELD PLEASED WITH PROGRESS AT OHIO STATE, UNDECIDED ON NFL
Just like a few of his Ohio State teammates, Kendall Sheffield has a million-dollar choice to make.
After two years playing under two cornerbacks coaches, Sheffield has to decide whether or not to head to the NFL draft or return to the Buckeyes for his fifth year of eligibility.
For now, he’s undecided.
“I haven't made a decision yet,” Sheffield said on Sunday. “I'm just worried about Washington right now.”
Sheffield has until Jan. 15 to make his call whether to leave or not.
Ever since Ohio State’s coaching staff, led by Urban Meyer and Kerry Coombs, began recruiting Sheffield, the NFL has been in the cornerback’s mind. Both Meyer and Coombs used that as a sales pitch. During Coombs’ six-year tenure at Ohio State, five cornerbacks were selected in the first round, and the coaches believed Sheffield had the tools to become the next.
“When I first came here, coach Coombs and coach Meyer, they came in, they said I have potential to be a first-round corner and coach Coombs can get me to my goal of being a first-round corner,” Sheffield said. “Once I got here, I improved tremendously through my game and preparation.”
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Kendall Sheffield: ‘Each Week I’ve Gotten Better’
Improvement has been the big goal for Ohio State cornerback Kendall Sheffield this year.
A two-year starter on the unit that brands itself Best In America, Sheffield was considered one of this year’s leading candidates to follow in the footsteps of Bradley Roby, Eli Apple, Marshon Lattimore, Gareon Conley, and Denzel Ward. All of them were Buckeye corners picked in the first round of the NFL Draft in the last five years.
Sheffield isn’t quite ready to roll off that same assembly line and into the first round of the draft just yet, but he’s getting closer.
“I think each week I’ve gotten better and better even through my ups and downs throughout the season,” Sheffield said before the Rose Bowl.
Take a moment to scoff if you want. If you’re like a lot of Buckeye fans, you’ve probably spent the season yelling at your TV about Sheffield.
He gives up too many big plays!
He gets called for too many penalties!
Try to guess how many flags were thrown on Sheffield this season. What’s the number in your head right now? Eight? 10? 12?
Would you believe the number is three? He was called one time for holding, once for pass interference, and once for offsides. And that last one was declined.
Sheffield knows the criticism is out there, but has learned to tune it out.
“Really just don’t pay attention to it. Mostly focus on what my cornerback coach has to say and just get better,” he said. “I just learned to fight through it and just keep pushing.”
Sheffield started his career at Alabama, coming in as a 5-star prospect ranked the No. 20 player in the nation overall.
He redshirted in 2015, then decided to transfer to Blinn Junior College in Texas. After playing the 2016 season at Blinn, the Buckeyes came calling.
“Coach (Kerry) Coombs and Coach (Urban) Meyer came down and sold their school to me,” Sheffield said. “I knew they had a three-man rotation, and once Gareon Conley left and Marshon Lattimore left, I knew there was a starting position. So I wanted to come up here and get better and just fight for a position.”
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Sheffield is eligible to declare for the 2019 NFL Draft, but said he hasn’t really thought yet about whether or not to turn pro. He knows he still has work to do.
“I can always work on my technique at the line of scrimmage,” he said. “Just getting better on and off the field.”
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