Ohio State had to manage without running back Trey Sermon in the national championship game, and it'll have to do so next season, too.
The star announced in a tweet Sunday that he has declared for the 2021 NFL draft.
"I am truly excited for the opportunity to pursue my dreams at the next level," he wrote. "I know the best is yet to come for me!"
A graduate transfer this season, Sermon was injured on the opening series of the Buckeyes' loss to Alabama in the championship, though his mother, Natoshia Mitchell, said that the injury "is not serious.