His bouts with what are now “bionic shoulders” have helped Julian Fleming mature and grow as a leader. Now he's looking to reach toward his ceiling on the field.
It’s hard to find your place on the football field when your shoulders can’t find a place in their sockets.
Contested catches, his physical style of play, merely lifting his arms above his head; it all hit him with jolts of pain when his ailments were at their worst. It’s not an excuse for any lack of production, the senior stated, but it’s certainly a contributing factor as to why he feels he hasn’t reached his full potential in a scarlet and gray uniform as of yet.
The first hurdle for Fleming to clear came as he transitioned from playing for a high school team that ran an old-school Wing-T offense to learning Ohio State’s spread offense. “There’s no growth without adversity, so just going through certain things and not having things go my way has definitely made me stronger as a person.”There’s not one specific area that Fleming has grown the most in, Hartline stated, but “everything.” Particularly his football IQ and his mechanics, which have gotten “so much cleaner.”“Julian, his growth as a leader – again, very important – has been substantial,” Hartline said.
As far as living up to the billing procured by his five-star recruiting profile, Fleming said it’s not something he worries about. He’s playing out his own process and putting in the work to grow at the fastest rate he can.
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