Mike Weber lived up to the hype as a freshman and proved to be every bit the bowling-ball back that everyone hoped he’d be. By gaining 1,069 rushing yards, he joined Robert Smith and Maurice Clarett as the only Ohio State freshman to rush for over 1,000 yards. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Weber wasn’t his accumulated stats, but rather how he went about picking up his yards: Weber’s average of 6.0 yards per attempt was great, but it actually understates just how effective he was running the football. Per PFF, he forced 41 missed tackles on the season, regularly running over anybody and everybody that was in his path. Weber didn’t exactly make a habit of running away from defenses, but he was also seldom caught from behind. Of course, Weber didn’t end his first season as the Buckeyes’ featured back with a bang the same way that…
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