Updated Sep 8, 2015 at 2:43a ET Of all the umpteen awards they hand out in college football every year — Heisman, Butkus, Outland, et al — I’m not aware of one specifically for Comeback of the Year. So I’m hereby creating one for 2015, and its inaugural recipient is Ohio State’s Braxton Miller. Voting is already closed. Twenty months after he last played a college football game, the Buckeyes’ former standout quarterback made his much-awaited debut at a completely new position Monday night against Virginia Tech. What kind of impact, we wondered, would the fifth-year senior have as a newly converted H-back/receiver? And now, we have the answer after Ohio State’s 42-24 victory. He’s un-be-lievable. After the Buckeyes fell behind 17-14 at halftime, Miller near-singlehandedly swung momentum back in their favor with two electrifying scoring plays. First came a 54-yard touchdown catch from Cardale Jones in which Miller niftily kept his balance and his feet in bounds on his way down the sideline. Then, late in the third quarter, he took the snap, weaved his way around the left end, accelerated and put a ridiculous Xbox spin move on the last couple of Hokies defenders with a chance to stop him. …
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