Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. had warned his teammates about Maryland redshirt freshman running back Anthony McFarland Jr.
“I told them going into the game, ‘That boy Ant [is] a beast,” Haskins said Saturday. “He definitely made some money [on his NFL stock] off of this game. I’m happy for him. That’s my brother since I was in middle school, so we go way back.”
From the start of Maryland’s game Saturday against the No. 10 Buckeyes, McFarland was certainly in beast mode. Looking like the player who invented the term — Marshawn Lynch — McFarland rushed for a career-high 298 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries in a 52-51 overtime loss.