COLUMBUS, Ohio — With Ohio State football’s running backs room in crisis mode last spring, many considered the Buckeyes lucky that a transfer with Trey Sermon’s talent and experience fell into their laps. What about the other side of that equation? How fortunate is Sermon that a program with Ohio State’s resources, coaching prestige and supporting talent needed someone — anyone, almost — to come play right away? That reality did not escape the graduate transfer from Oklahoma. Sermon might have been exactly what OSU was looking for, but the Buckeyes may also be a lifeline for him. “I definitely realize how fortunate I was,” Sermon said. “I mean, this is a big-time program. There’s always great running backs coming through here, such as J.K. (Dobbins) and (Ezekiel Elliott). “It was a good opportunity once I found out there was an opening here. I just wanted to take advantage of…
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