Often times, the truly best players in the game make their presence known from the start.
J.K. Dobbins broke Ohio State’s single-game freshman rushing record in his career debut against Indiana on August 31st, 2017. He failed to score a touchdown that night, but Dobbins still came out of seemingly nowhere in relief of an injured Mike Weber Jr. to touch the ball over thirty times for north of 200 scrimmage yards in college football’s first game of the season. Dobbins would seldom see equivalent workloads through the remainder of the season and the next, but it was clear to anyone watching that night that Ohio State’s next great running back had already arrived at such a young age.