Sermon arrived in Columbus in the spring with an interesting resume. The 2017 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year ran for 2,076 yards and 22 touchdowns in three seasons in Oklahoma despite a knee injury cutting short his 2019 season. With his degree in hand, he had the option of returning to Oklahoma to compete for playing time, taking his chances with the NFL draft process or finding somewhere else to finish his career knowing he could play right away as a graduate transfer. He settled on the Ohio State, where a spring knee injury to Master Teague created a void at a position vacated when 2,000-yard back J.K. Dobbins entered the draft with a year of eligibility remaining. “This is a big time program, and I mean there are always great running backs coming through here such as J.K. and Zeke (Elliott),” Sermon said. “So it was a…
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