Now you see him, now you don’t.
Ohio State consistently recruits the best athletes in the country, but that collection of five-star talent could not keep pace with the blast of lightning that is Clemson’s Travis Etienne, one of the best running backs in the country who has not received the national attention he deserves.
Etienne scored three touchdowns in Clemson’s College Football Playoff semifinal win over the Buckeyes. Each of them displayed the array of skills Etienne can pull from his back pocket at any given moment.
His first score, which cut Ohio State’s lead to 16-7 late in the first half, showed Etienne’s power, change of direction and burst all in one.