Replacing JK Dobbins is going to be a tall order for the Buckeyes this year. He rushed for a school-record 2,003 yards and played his best last year against the best teams. He was also a workhorse. Of the 499 carries by a running back last year, Dobbins had 301 of them — or 60%. The rest of the carries went mainly to Master Teague, whose 135 attempts…
When JK Dobbins left Ohio State following his junior season, he took with him 4,459 career rushing yards. That kind of production loss is going to be a hit for any team, but the Buckeyes are working hard to make sure the 2020 running backs are ready to pick up where he left off. That process got a sizable boost on Sunday when Oklahoma…
With Tuesday’s news that redshirt sophomore running back Master Teague is out for the spring with an undisclosed injury, an already thin running back room grew even thinner for the Buckeyes. When spring practice kicked off on Monday, there were just two scholarship running backs taking reps for the Buckeyes. It was Teague and redshirt freshman Steele Chambers…
A 4-star running back from Trinity Catholic Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, Marcus Crowley showed up on Ohio State’s radar relatively late in the 2019 recruiting cycle. It wasn’t until October of 2018 that the Buckeyes finally offered Crowley, who was committed to the Miami Hurricanes at the time. Three weeks after they offered, Crowley took an official visit to OSU.
How do you replace a guy who just had the greatest single season for an Ohio State running back ever? That is the task for Buckeye running backs coach Tony Alford following the junior season for JK Dobbins, who is now off to the NFL for what should be a very solid career. Dobbins rushed for 2,003 yards this past season, becoming…
The Miami RedHawks have a tradition of occasionally pulling off upsets against superior opponents. 1986, the then-Miami Redskins upset eighth-ranked LSU in Baton Rouge, 21-12, en route to an eventual MAC Championship. 1995, Miami traveled to Evanston, Illinois, and upset eventual Big Ten champion Northwestern in week two, 30-28.
One game into their careers, close to half of Ohio State’s 2019 recruiting class has already started to make their mark on the field.
Thus far, our statistical projections have touched on a little over a dozen Buckeye players. We were able to pinpoint exactly who would catch the ball this season for the hometown team. To do so, a complex algorithm was created and utilized. The system is based on hundreds of factors, churns out millions of reports, and predicts stats for the entire OSU roster.
The Ohio State football team grew by two more official members, as freshman offensive lineman Ryan Jacoby and freshman running back Marcus Crowley had their black stripes removed following practice on Monday. The became the fifth and sixth true freshmen to have their black stripes removed, joining receiver Garrett Wilson, defensive end Zach Harrison…
Fall camp gets underway for the Buckeyes on Friday and every single Ohio State position coach will have a mental list of things that they need to get done. In fact, they may actually have a physical list as well. Speculating as to what might be on each assistant coach’s list is always a fun exercise, and there are no shortages of items that will need to be addressed.
