COLUMBUS, Ohio — The argument of who has been the better running back between Ohio State football’s J.K. Dobbins and Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor has reached a conclusion. It’s a tie. The two Big Ten running backs have finished the 2019 season with identical rushing numbers of exactly 2,003 yards and 21 touchdowns. Though Taylor gets the slight edge in receiving yards with 252 yards to Dobbins’ 247 yards. Taylor also had higher usage than Dobbins being in an offense that lives and dies by the run game in a way very few schools do. Taylor used 320 carries and 26 catches, to Dobbins’ 301 carries and 23 catches. This is the second-straight season that Taylor has reached the 2,000-yard mark while Dobbins is the first player in Ohio State history to reach that mark breaking Eddie George’s 24-year record for rushing yards in a single season. He’s also the only…
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