How one in-state running back could make Ohio State’s 2025 backfield class elite

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s 2025 running back room has been under a bit of a microscope lately.

Former running backs coach Tony Alford departed for Michigan more than a month ago, and then the Buckeyes hired Carlos Locklyn away from Oregon.

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