Parris Campbell laughed when asked how the new NCAA rule allowing freshmen to play in up to four games but still maintain their redshirt status might have benefited him four years ago. “I don’t think it would have benefited me at all, because I was terrible,” the Ohio State fifth-year senior hybrid back said. “I didn’t know wideout from the back of my hand. I needed to develop.” As he reminded, he was 17 years old and a former high school running back when he showed up at OSU in 2014 out of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary. With hybrid back being more receiver than running back, he had plenty to learn and a ways to go to become a competent receiver. He emerged in all kinds of ways last year as a leader and a first-time starter in place of the departed Curtis Samuel. So much so that in 2017…
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