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Noah Brown pulls off one handed catch on DB's back for third TD

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NORMAN, Oklahoma -- The pop they heard at Ohio State's practice a year ago was -- by all accounts -- sickening.

"Non-contact," Urban Meyer said Saturday night. "Awful. He ran a post route, went up for the ball, came down the wrong way and his leg broke right in half."

That was the condition of wide receiver Noah Brown in late August 2015. He was well on his way to becoming a starter in his second season at Ohio State when his season-ending injury clouded a campaign that fell short of a Big Ten title, and thus, expectations.