Malik Barrow never truly believed he was done playing football, even when he announced his medical retirement in October.
At the time, he didn’t have much of a choice. After tearing his ACL for the third time last spring, Ohio State’s team doctors would not clear him to return to the football field. He wanted to complete his degree and graduate from Ohio State, so he accepted a medical scholarship in order to continue his education even though he could no longer play for the Buckeyes.
Barrow’s goal of getting back on the football field, though, never went away.