September 27, 2024

If Ohio State football gets explosive Mike Weber in 2018, watch out

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The 2017 season wasn’t a great one for Ohio State running back Mike Weber, all things considered. He spent most of the season hobbled from a training camp hamstring injury, missing the first game of the season entirely. That absence led to the emergence of freshman J.K. Dobbins, who essentially displaced Weber as the starting running back and rushed for more than 1,400 yards in his first college season. Weber’s last two games weren’t particularly memorable, either. He got just four carries for 8 yards in the Big Ten title game and finished with 18 yards on five carries in the Cotton Bowl. However, despite all that misfortune, the good of 2017 might outweigh the bad because of what it could portend for the future of both Weber and Ohio State’s offense. Over the final three games of the regular season, Weber flashed the potential to be…

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