COLUMBUS, Ohio — Any running back who commits to Ohio State football in the 2021 class immediately faces an oversized burden. It’s not that the Buckeyes did not sign any running backs the past two seasons. Perhaps Steele Chambers, Marcus Crowley and Miyan Williams all emerge as productive college performers. Relative to Ohio State standards, however, those classes lacked star power at a position where the program traditionally showcased national-impact players. From J.K. Dobbins to Ezekiel Elliott and so on, the Buckeyes have been a destination for elite backfield talent. Charlotte, North Carolina’s Evan Pryor — who committed to Ohio State on Monday — restores some of that luster and establishes a critical foothold at running back for this class. Pryor’s speed should play from Day 1 at the Big Ten level. He ran a 10.8-second 100-meter dash as a high school sophomore and 4.31 in the 40-yard dash at…
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