The last time Ohio State won the national championship in the 2002 season, then-freshman running back Maurice Clarett had taken the college football world by storm. However, no one knew that his game-winning touchdown in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl would be the last time Clarett touched the football in major football. A long road that involved a three-year stay in prison had changed Clarett from the football player we all admired for several electrifying months into a man still trying to make a positive impact on the world. One thing is for sure—he has come a very long way. Clarett is a changed man who has matured, though the life he is living now is a farcry from what he thought he would have been doing after his freshman season. In his only season, Clarett had 222 carries for 1,237 yards and 18 touchdowns, and helped lead the Buckeyes to their first national title since 1970. The next
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