Ohio State football wide receiver Xavier Johnson
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Xavier Johnson Is Latest Buckeye To Lose Black Stripe

Freshman walkon wide receiver Xavier Johnson lost his black stripe after practice on Wednesday, officially becoming a member of the OSU football team. Johnson is a Cincinnati native. He chose an offer to be a preferred walk-on at Ohio State over scholarship offers from schools like Iowa State, Cincinnati, and every MAC program in Ohio. He was a 3-star prospect as a recruit, ranked as the No. 171 wide receiver and 1141st-best player in the 2018 class. In the video announcing his stripe removal, cornerback Kendall Sheffield peels the black stripe off of Johnson’s helmet…