It was a strange year, that 2020. We had the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on everything including the world of college football. Because of it, Ohio State played a very abbreviated season.
For running back Trey Sermon, it had to be a tough pill to swallow. He transferred from Oklahoma to the OSU program to get the opportunity to showcase what he can do as one of the featured backs in Columbus. Then, the pandemic almost took all of that away.
But that didn’t stop Sermon. He took a few games to get into a rhythm, and then picked things up big time when Master Teague went down with injury. Sermon ended up having an amazing end of the year run, and even breaking the single-game Ohio State rushing record in the Big Ten Championship game.
It all ended with an injury in the national championship game, but it was enough for Sermon to get selected by the San Fransisco 49ers in the third round of the NFL draft.
Opinions vary on how big of a part Sermon will be in the offense, but there’s one writer that has projected the former OSU and Oklahoma running back to have a better year than Travis Etienne. In fact, Cynthia Frelund of NFL.com believes Sermon will put up some of the best stats of any rookie running back.