Mike Weber knew he had big shoes to fill.After Carlos Hyde and Ezekiel Elliott spoiled Ohio State fans for three-straight years (Hyde for one, Elliott the next two), Weber was always going to be compared to the two who came before him. “I hear it all the time,” the Buckeyes’ starting running back said earlier this season. And, by most accounts, Weber did enough in his first year as the starter to solidify himself as a more than adequate replacement. Just a redshirt freshman, the Detroit native has 1,072 rushing yards and nine touchdowns through the first 12 games of this season — his first playing college football. Top Freshman RBs in Ohio State History Year player rushing yards 2002 Maurice Clarett 1,237 1990 Robert Smith 1,126 2015 Mike Weber 1,072 Those numbers put Weber in rare company in school history, too, as he is just the third Ohio State…
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