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Mike Weber Named Starter, Burrows Out For Season
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Coming out of the final practice of the fall before their match up for Bowling Green, Urban Meyer clarified one of the OR’s on the depth chart today. Mike Weber, the redshirt freshman from Michigan, was told today that he would be the starting running back Saturday in the Horseshoe.
Weber will take over for Ezekiel Elliott, and he will certainly have big shoes to fill. Elliott ran for 1821 yards and 23 touchdowns in his junior year while being quite possibly the most dominate blocking running back college football has seen in some time. Elliott was drafted #4 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Draft.
Weber may have earned some playing time last year behind Elliott, but he tore his meniscus in camp and was redshirted for the season. The hope is that Weber, Curtis Samuel and Dontre Wilson can combine to fill some of the void that was left by Elliott. We will find out on Saturday how they are able to handle the workload.
Other news out of the final practice is that redshirt junior Cameron Burrows will not play this season. Burrows was expected to compete for playing time at Safety behind Malik Hooker and Damon Webb. It was a surprise when the depth chart was released yesterday that there was no mention of Burrows, but the reason why has now been clarified. Burrows has a bum foot, and Meyer expects him to be out for the season.
Burrows has already graduated from Ohio State, and this was expected to be his final year with the Buckeyes. It is yet to be seen if this will still be the case, or if Burrows will return for the 2017 season.
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Ben van Ooyen via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Coming out of the final practice of the fall before their match up for Bowling Green, Urban Meyer clarified one of the OR’s on the depth chart today. Mike Weber, the redshirt freshman from Michigan, was told today that he would be the starting running back Saturday in the Horseshoe.
Weber will take over for Ezekiel Elliott, and he will certainly have big shoes to fill. Elliott ran for 1821 yards and 23 touchdowns in his junior year while being quite possibly the most dominate blocking running back college football has seen in some time. Elliott was drafted #4 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Draft.
Weber may have earned some playing time last year behind Elliott, but he tore his meniscus in camp and was redshirted for the season. The hope is that Weber, Curtis Samuel and Dontre Wilson can combine to fill some of the void that was left by Elliott. We will find out on Saturday how they are able to handle the workload.
Other news out of the final practice is that redshirt junior Cameron Burrows will not play this season. Burrows was expected to compete for playing time at Safety behind Malik Hooker and Damon Webb. It was a surprise when the depth chart was released yesterday that there was no mention of Burrows, but the reason why has now been clarified. Burrows has a bum foot, and Meyer expects him to be out for the season.
Burrows has already graduated from Ohio State, and this was expected to be his final year with the Buckeyes. It is yet to be seen if this will still be the case, or if Burrows will return for the 2017 season.
The post Mike Weber Named Starter, Burrows Out For Season appeared first on The Buckeye Battle Cry: Ohio State News and Commentary.
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