Ohio State RB J.K. Dobbins shredded Michigan’s defense with a career-best game

Please enjoy J.K. Dobbins’ most explosive plays, including his four TDs.

Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins did just about whatever he wanted against Michigan on Saturday in the Buckeyes’ 56-27 road win.

The Wolverines couldn’t figure out how to consistently contain him — despite even taking off one of his shoes mid-game — and once he broke away from defenders, he was gone. With his standout performance in the regular-season finale, he reminded the college football world why he’s a Heisman Trophy candidate (albeit an outside one in a very crowd field that includes two of his teammates).

He finished Saturday’s rivalry game with 31 carries for a career-high 211 yards and four touchdowns, while adding two catches for 49 yards.

With an incredible 33-yard touchdown run in the middle of the fourth quarter, he notched his first career four-touchdown game. Three of them were in the first half, and Michigan hasn’t given up that many rushing touchdowns since Texas’ Vince Young in the 2005 Rose Bowl, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

“I think it’s the greatest rivalry of them all, like Coach Meyer says,” Dobbins told FOX Sports ahead of the Week 14 game. “The team up north — great program, lot of tradition over there. But we have their number and we want to keep beating them. We want to keep that tradition going, so it means a lot to even play in the game because a lot of legends have played in it.”

Prior to playing Michigan, Dobbins’ season high for rushing yards in a single game was 193 against Indiana back in September, but he also now has seven games this year with at least 120 yards. He entered Saturday’s Big Ten East matchup ranked fifth nationally with 1,446 rushing yards.

So in honor of Dobbins’ dominant performance against Michigan’s defense — which gave up 577 total yards, 264 on the ground — please enjoy all four of his scores against the Wolverines, plus a couple extra explosive plays.

J.K. Dobbins’ first touchdown vs. Michigan

On 1st-and-goal at Michigan’s five-yard line, Dobbins muscled his way into the end zone with this short run, which, with the extra point, gave the Buckeyes the lead as the game approached the midway point in the first quarter. After initially going down, 6-0, Ohio State never trailed again.

Dobbins’ second touchdown vs. Michigan

Early in the second quarter, Dobbins found the end zone again with a six-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to help Ohio State jump out to a 21-13 lead.

Dobbins’ third touchdown vs. Michigan

He practically waltzed into the end zone on this play on 1st-and-goal from Michigan’s five with only a few minutes left in the first half.

Dobbins’ fourth touchdown vs. Michigan

Perhaps he saved the best for last. On 1st-and-10 in the middle of the fourth quarter on Michigan’s 33-yard line, Dobbins took off toward the right sideline before leaping into the end zone, officially putting the game out of reach for the Wolverines.

And another angle just because this is ridiculous.

Dobbins bounced the ball and picked it right back up

It was early in the game, so it might be easy to forget. But this play was ridiculous. Dobbins fumbled but got lucky with a perfect bounce, and the ball went right back up into his arms. He picked up 34 yards on this first-quarter play.

One of Dobbins’ two receptions

This really isn’t fair. He picked up 28 yards on this play before scoring his first touchdown on the next one.

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