Ohio State football: Wells reminds Griffin of Brown, too
Posted by Doug Lesmerises July 29, 2008
As a kid, Archie Griffin's hero was legendary Browns running back Jim Brown. Everything Griffin did playing football back then he patterned after Brown. Now you can add Griffin to the list of football experts who see Brown in Ohio State junior running back Beanie Wells.
"People probably think I'm crazy when I say it, but Chris Wells is the closest thing to Jim Brown that I've ever seen," Griffin said on a teleconference today. "That says a whole lot, I know, but I really believe it."
Ohio State running backs coach Dick Tressel famously made the comparison when Wells arrived in Columbus. Eddie George, Ohio State's most recent Heisman Trophy-winning running back, agreed with that assessment. And Griffin and his two Heisman Trophies have confirmed it.
"Mainly it's his speed, his strength and the way that he brushes people off of him," Griffin said. "People can hit him and just fall off of him."
"I think it's awesome," Griffin said. "It's almost comical when you watch it because it seems like people try to get to him and he just brushes them off of him with that stiffarm. That's one of the reasons I say he really reminds me of Jim Brown."