In a previous article I compared the offensive line situation on this year’s Ohio State football team to the one in May, 2014. Now I’ll take a look at the running backs.
In 2013 Carlos Hyde led the Buckeyes in rushing becoming Urban Meyer’s first 1,000 yard running back. After he moved on to the NFL the running back room was thin.
Jordan Hall also graduated so Ezekiel Elliott was certain to be the starter since he performed well in limited duty as a freshman, averaging 8.7 yards on his 30 carries. But no other returning running back carried the ball more than 22 times during the 2013 season.