Ohio State’s plan to redshirt Dallan Hayden this season is already being reevaluated just one week after Ryan Day revealed that plan publicly.
At the time, the logic behind redshirting Hayden seemed sound. He had played in only one of Ohio State’s first five games as the fourth-string running back behind TreVeyon Henderson, Chip Trayanum and Miyan Williams, and it seemed unlikely that Hayden would see substantial playing time with the game on the line this season.
But when Henderson and Williams were both ruled out for last weekend’s game against Purdue, and Trayanum left the game in the first quarter with an injury of his own, the door suddenly opened for Hayden to play a major role.