After missing out on some of his top running back targets over the past three years, the heat was on for Tony Alford to step up his recruiting efforts this offseason.
Ohio State landed a pair of talented running backs in 2018, Master Teague and Brian Snead, but Alford admitted himself in his performance review that summer that No. 1-ranked running back Zamir White was “the one that got away.”
The Buckeyes landed another pair of running backs in 2019, Steele Chambers and Marcus Crowley, but Ryan Day still wanted to see Alford take his recruiting to another level, listing “recruit an elite RB” as an area to work on in that year’s performance review.