The Ohio State football program has five running backs on scholarship and has the appearance of being super deep. Still, as any Buckeye fan knows, this unit struggled mightily with injuries last season, resulting in both a linebacker and wide receiver taking snaps at the position.
That linebacker we speak of was Chip Trayanum, who was a running back at Arizona State before coming to Columbus. He is named on the list below, but taking snaps in 2022 was not part of the plan. This unit received a significant boost when Miyan Williams announced he was returning to Ohio State, but hopes are high that some of these highly rated guys reach their potential in 2023.
In the following slides, we rank the scholarship running backs on the roster based on their 247Sports recruiting ranking.
TreVeyon Henderson, Junior
The 247Sports Composite Breakdown
Height: 5 feet, 11 inches
Weight: 195 pounds
High School: Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia)
Class of 2021
247Sports Rating: 5 Star (No. 11 overall, No. 1 RB)
Evan Pryor, Redshirt-Sophomore
The 247Sports Composite Breakdown
Height: 5 feet, 10 inches
Weight: 190 pounds
High School: William Amos Hough (Cornelius, North Carolina)
Class of 2021
247Sports Rating: 4 Star (No. 101 overall, No. 7 RB)
Dallan Hayden, Sophomore
The 247Sports Composite Breakdown
Height: 5 feet, 11 inches
Weight: 195 pounds
High School: Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tennessee)
Class of 2022
247Sports Rating: 4 Star (No. 226 overall, No. 19 RB)
Chip Trayanum, Redshirt-Junior
The 247Sports Composite Breakdown
Height: 5 feet, 11 inches
Weight: 220 pounds
High School: Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Class of 2020
247Sports Rating: 4 Star (No. 285 overall, No. 22 RB)
Miyan Williams, Redshirt-Junior
The 247Sports Composite Breakdown
Height: 5 feet, 10 inches
Weight: 210 pounds
High School: Winton Woods (Akron, Ohio)
Class of 2020
247Sports Rating: 3 Star (No. 627 overall, No. 29 RB)
