Three men who ran the football and one who specialized in stopping such players make up Ohio State’s four-man contingent on the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame ballot released Tuesday.
Keith Byars was an All-American halfback who led the nation and set an Ohio State record (since broken) with 1,764 rushing yards in 1984. He was the Big Ten’s Most Valuable Player that season and finished as runner-up for the Heisman Trophy.
A few years earlier, Tom Cousineau was a two-time All-American who set the school’s single-season record with 211 in 1978 and is still second in school history with 569 career tackles. He was MVP of the 1977 Orange Bowl and went on to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.
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