COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Ohio State’s contingent of players hits the red carpet for Wednesday night’s ESPYS award show in Los Angeles, the presence of three of its players will need no explanation.
There will be Best Breakthrough Athlete nominee Cardale Jones, the quarterback for the final three games of the Buckeyes’ national championship run.
Alongside Jones will be running back Ezekiel Elliott, the MVP of both the Sugar Bowl and national title game, who will be the subject of an ESPN E:60 feature this August, according to his father, Stacy Elliott.
And representing the Ohio State defense will be Joshua Perry, the Buckeyes’ leading tackler in 2014, who is a lock to be a captain and de facto spokesman for the team in 2014.
But for the fourth ESPYS representative from Ohio State—which is nominated in the “Best Team” category on Wednesday night—his attendance isn’t as clear-cut as Jones’, Elliott’s or Perry’s. Especially considering that Braxton Miller didn’t play a single snap in the Buckeyes’ national championship season.
Nevertheless, there will be Miller, strolling the red carpet outside the Microsoft Theater while simultaneously reclaiming his status as one of the faces of college football. “It feels great,” Miller said on Tuesday, just prior to departing the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for his flight to Los Angeles. “It’s an honor. I respect the guys for bringing me out there with them.”
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