Ohio State’s 2014 National Title came on the backs of second-year players. The 2013 Buckeye recruiting class was one of, if not the best recruiting class in program history up to that point. Featuring two five-star prospects and 10 players ranked in the top 100 nationally, it was the nation’s No. 2 overall class, trailing Alabama by a razor thin margin. Those players came to Columbus highly touted with new levels of hype, and it sure didn’t take long for them to deliver. In just their second years on campus, that 2013 class took the reigns of the team, emerging as household names and leading Ohio State to success it hadn’t seen in over a decade. Ezekiel Elliott emerged as one of the nation’s top running backs, Joey Bosa became one of the most feared pass rushers in the country, J.T. Barrett had one of the most prolific debut seasons ever, Eli…
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