The Under-the-Radar Heisman Trophy Favorite

COLUMBUS, Ohio — If the bizarre nature of Ohio State’s upcoming season hadn’t set in yet, it was impossible to avoid at the Buckeyes’ annual media day on Sunday.

With tables spread across the practice field of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, reporters scattered about to prepare to meet with members of the Ohio State roster.

At the table marked for Braxton Miller, media members waited for the tardy quarterback-turned-wideout, willfully ignoring the players who had made their way to media day on time. If a reporter wasn’t at Miller’s table, it was a safe bet he or she could be found talking to either Cardale Jones or J.T. Barrett, the headliners of the most-talked-about quarterback competition in college football.

But while Miller was swarmed like a Kardashian on Rodeo Drive and Jones and Barrett answered the same questions that they have been since co-piloting the Buckeyes’ run to the national championship last season, perhaps the most important member of the OSU roster went undetected as he made his way to his table.

As he began his interview session, no more than four of the 100 reporters in attendance surrounded Ezekiel Elliott, the rare front-runner for the Heisman Trophy who has somehow found himself flying under the radar this offseason.

“It’s something I don’t really pay attention to,” Elliott said of the attention that’s been paid to his teammates. “We take a team mentality. We just want to see each other shine.”

That may be the case, but it doesn’t…

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