Former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the No. 4 overall pick in 2016 NFL Draft. (Photo: Matt Kartozian, Custom) BEREA, Ohio — Former Ohio State University running back Ezekiel Elliott has been selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound running back rushed for 3,961 yards and 43 touchdowns on 592 carries in his three years with the Buckeyes. After leading the Buckeyes to the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2014, Elliott followed up his MVP performance with an 1,821-yard, 23-touchdown season in 2015. Elliott surpassed the 100-yard mark in all but one of the Buckeyes’ games this past year, led by the 274 he gained at Indiana and the 214 he posted in a 42-13 road win over Michigan. During the run to the College Football Playoff National Championship in his sophomore season, Elliott rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns in a 59-0 win over the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 6, and followed it up with 230 yards and two scores in the win over Alabama. Elliott was the first running back this season to have 100 or more yards against the Crimson Tide in 2014, and surpassed the century mark in the first half. He was the first rusher to gain at least 200 yards against Alabama since Auburn’s Carnell “Cadillac” Williams accomplished the feat in the 2003 Iron Bowl. Then, Elliott rushed for 246 yards and four touchdowns, both Ohio State bowl records, in the victory over the favored Oregon Ducks on 36 carries, his highest individual game workload of the season.
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