COLUMBUS, Ohio — A hamstring injury suffered in fall camp held Ohio State football’s Teradja Mitchell back from being the player he could be in 2019. The sophomore linebacker was a consensus top 50 national recruit coming out of Virginia Beach (Virginia) Bishop Sullivan. He played with the first string a bit last spring when some of the Buckeye veterans battled injuries. Yet the 6-2, 242-pounder has not yet broken through the rotation — in part due to the talent ahead of him, and in part because that hamstring cost him four games this season. In the Lucas Oil Stadium locker room after the Buckeyes’ 34-21 victory over Wisconsin for the Big Ten championship, Mitchell was not looking for sympathy. Instead he spoke of lessons learned when circumstances deviate from expectations, and what the team can still accomplish in the weeks ahead. “Obviously this season has been just a humbling…
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