Miyan Williams landed at Ohio State only after Tony Alford made numerous efforts to reel in touted tailbacks such as Bijan Robinson and Kendall Milton and came up empty. He joined the team’s running back room as the only former three-star prospect in a group that included five one-time four-stars whose rankings out of high school dwarfed his. He walked into a situation with several veterans ahead of him right away and two top-100 recruits waiting in the wings in the class behind him.
The 5-foot-8, 227-pound running back was supposed to be the afterthought.
But he isn’t.