Ohio State’s running backs say the competition with each other is making all of them better in a unit that Tony Alford considers the deepest he’s ever had from top to bottom.
Tony Alford has had no lack of deep running back rooms throughout his tenure at Ohio State.
“Yeah, from top to bottom,” Alford said earlier this month when asked if this year’s running back unit is the deepest he’s ever had. “It's exciting. I mean, it's great to have depth. Everybody wants depth. Everybody talks about having depth. And how that gets dispersed, we'll figure that out as we go. But it's good to have depth, and it's good to have guys. It's good to have good players and proven players.
“You always got to be ready, because you never know when your number's called,” Hayden said. “I think everybody who followed our room last year saw that, so just staying ready.” Ohio State’s running backs clearly embraced that message based on the fact that all of them are still in Columbus. While there was plenty of offseason speculation that one Ohio State running back or another would look to transfer elsewhere, all five of the Buckeyes’ scholarship running backs stayed put, which Alford believes speaks to their loyalty to the team.
Despite that loyalty, Alford bristled when asked if he felt like he owed all of those running backs playing time. But he says all of them have the chance to earn playing time based on how they perform in practice. Williams said he thinks the competition among the running backs makes them all better on a daily basis.
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