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Buffalo Bills Signing Ohio State Wide Receiver/Running Back Xavier Johnson As Undrafted Free Agent

Former Ohio State wide receiver/running back Xavier Johnson is reportedly signing with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent.
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BUFFALO BILLS SIGNING OHIO STATE WIDE RECEIVER/RUNNING BACK XAVIER JOHNSON AS UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT​

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He’ll still face an uphill battle to making the Buffalo Bills’ roster as an undrafted player, but overcoming the odds is nothing new for Johnson.

“I think my main thing is when I walk in that door, I’m gonna be ready to do anything and everything from special teams to playing on that first day as a receiver, playing as a running back,” Johnson said after Ohio State’s pro day. “If they tell me that they need me to kick, then I’m gonna be out there kicking for six hours a day to try to figure it out. So I’m just gonna put my best foot forward. I’m gonna glorify the Lord first and foremost, try to show that I’m an accountable young man and look up at the end of my career, just like when I did got here, and I think I’m gonna be happy with my results.”
 
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This raises an interesting question: Is there any way a school can offer a kid with solid grades a full academic scholarship and then call him a preferred walk on so that he doesn't count against the scholarship limit?
 
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TS10HTW said:
I don’t think that’s how it works. If he gets a fully funded academic scholarship he would then count against the scholarship limit. Unless I’m missing something. The preferred walk-on is to be part of the team but your on the hook for the education. (Just like pretty much every other student at tOSU)
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This is correct. In fact, if a kid gets an athletic scholarship in any other sport and plays football as a "walk on", he counts as a football scholarship athlete. There is no way around the 85-scholarship limit.
 
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OhioState001 said:
This raises an interesting question: Is there any way a school can offer a kid with solid grades a full academic scholarship and then call him a preferred walk on so that he doesn't count against the scholarship limit?
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If that were the case then Ohio State, Alabama, USC, etc., would be handing out "academic" scholarships like candy to football recruits...
 
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OhioState001 said:
This raises an interesting question: Is there any way a school can offer a kid with solid grades a full academic scholarship and then call him a preferred walk on so that he doesn't count against the scholarship limit?
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I'm not sure about full academic scholarships, but we've had a partial academic scholarship walk-on at Ohio State. And pretty recently, actually.

Antonio "Yao" Smith was a walk-on during the Tressel era that earned an academic (partial) scholarship coming out of HS. He didn't count against our 85 scholarship limit for football... until he earned an athletic scholarship that paid for his whole scholarship. Ended up being an All-American his SR year
 
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