Maybe but Randall Joyner is probably the odds on favorite. Former GA at OSU under Johnson and he has done a good job on his own first at SMU and now Ole Miss.
https://scarletandgame.com/2021/10/04/ohio-state-football-succession-plan-larry-johnson/
Partridge has been at Pitt since 2017. At some point if he was interested in leaving for a higher playing job he would have.
Dude probably has gotten comfortable collecting a nice paycheck from Pitt to recruit and develop under the radar guys.