RB Ezekiel Elliott (All B1G, All-American, National Champion, Pro Bowl, All Pro, Dallas Cowboys)

[MililaniBuckeye]

Zeke is #3 in rushing yardage and #6 in rushing yards per game (0.8 yards behind #5):

TOTAL YARDS RUSHING:
1. Leonard Fournette, LSU ............ 1,474
2. Derrick Henry, Alabama ............ 1,458
3. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State ....... 1,425
4. Brian Hill, Wyoming ............... 1,399
5. Royce Freeman, Oregon ............. 1,392

RUSHING YARDS PER GAME:
1. Leonard Fournette, LSU ............ 163.8
2. Dalvin Cook, Florida Sate ......... 152.1
3. Jordan Howard, Indiana ............ 149.9
4. Derrick Henry, Alabama ............ 145.8
5. Larry Rose III, New Mexico State .. 143.3
6. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State ........142.5

 

[Bestbuck36]

Zeke would be way past Henry if we cared about boosting his stats the way Bammer does.

Zeke gets his on his own at the end of the game. It's almost like he knows when he needs a big one to get his Hundo or more.

 

[matcar]

They aren't boosting Henry's stats at all.

 

[scarletngray]

Add in blocking and receiving and EE should top the list.

 

[TooTall]

They aren't boosting Henry's stats at all.

Maybe not boosting, but they are much more reliant on him having a big day every weekend. With JT adding more to the run game, the Bucks are able to take the focus off of Elliott. That wasn't as easy to accomplish early in the season when teams were stacking the box.

It's funny, too. Elliott didn't really start slow, but he's certainly turned it up so far in the second half of the season, similar to last year (although last season was aided by injury).

 

[Hstead]

IF Zeke goes off for the next three games for 150+, he may very well put himself right in contention for the Heisman. The Oline is just starting to click too and that may well happen if JT gets the play action passing game going with it. Let's hope.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

To add to Mili's analysis:

TOTAL YARDS RUSHING:
1. Leonard Fournette, LSU ............ 1,474
2. Derrick Henry, Alabama ............ 1,458
3. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State ....... 1,425
4. Brian Hill, Wyoming ............... 1,399
5. Royce Freeman, Oregon ............. 1,392

RUSHING YARDS PER GAME:
1. Leonard Fournette, LSU ............ 163.8
2. Dalvin Cook, Florida Sate ......... 152.1
3. Jordan Howard, Indiana ............ 149.9
4. Derrick Henry, Alabama ............ 145.8
5. Larry Rose III, New Mexico State .. 143.3
6. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State ........142.5

AVERAGE PER CARRY:
02. Dalvin Cook, Florida State..........8.05
10. Leonard Fournette, LSU..............6.89
17. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State.........6.48
28. Derrick Henry, Alabama..............6.08

RUSHING TDS:
01. Derrick Henry, Alabama................19
02. Leonard Fournette, LSU................17
06. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State...........16
10. Dalvin Cook, Florida State............14

Also, remember that Fournette will have one less game because LSU's season-opener against McNeese State was cancelled due to weather and not rescheduled.

Cook missed a game due to injury.

None of this matters, of course, because ESPN has already decided that Alabama is the best team and Henry is the best player.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

A timely article from 11W

WHERE DOES ZEKE STACK UP AMONG OTHER HEISMAN TROPHY CANDIDATE RUNNING BACKS?
Michael Citro on November 17, 2015 at 10:10a @11w_michael

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Through much of this season, Leonard Fournette was far and away the Heisman Trophy front runner. LSU has dropped its last two games, however, and that is largely because the big man has been bottled up. Alabama held Fournette to just 31 rushing yards on 19 carries (1.63 YPA) and Arkansas followed by holding him to 91.

Much of the attention that was on Fournette has now fallen on Alabama’s Derrick Henry, who, like Fournette, is exceedingly hard to tackle once he gets going downhill. Fournette still leads the nation in average rushing yards per game, at 163.78. However, Henry is catching up, now at 145.8 yards per contest. Rushing for 200+ yards per game in three of the last three outings has closed the gap considerably.

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[ScriptOhio]

Ezekiel Elliott's Heisman Campaign Begins on Saturday

The 2014 season was a very productive one for Ezekiel Elliott as he rushed for 1,878 yards and 18 touchdowns, but it wasn't until the final three games of the season where he rushed for 220 yards against Wisconsin, 230 yards against Alabama and 246 yards against Oregon that his name really took off.

Before those three games he had put up a workmanlike 1,182 yards rushing, which was good enough to earn him Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors. But it was those three postseason games that installed Elliott as the preseason favorite for the 2015 Heisman Trophy.

Few would consider him the odds-on favorite for the award right now despite being third in the nation in rushing yards, as well as total yards from scrimmage. To this point, Ohio State's schedule hasn't really lent itself to any Heisman moments or impressive rushing outings against stellar defenses.

That all begins to change on Saturday.

The Buckeyes host No. 9 Michigan State, who doesn't bring in the defense that they have become known for, but they still carry the same national reputation that has been built over a handful of years now. And let's not pretend like being the No. 18 rush defense in the nation is something to be ashamed of.

If Elliott rushes for the 181 yards against the Spartans that he did last week against Illinois — or more, that will go a long way toward building the the kind of season-ending momentum that people now expect from him.

If he has a big game in a big game, Heisman voters will take notice because they've seen what he's done before and they will be looking for him to do it again. If a player can give Heisman voters what they are expecting to see, that will go a long way toward earning their votes because most sportswriters love nothing more than to be proven correct.

Interestingly, the two running backs thought to be ahead of Elliott right now in the Heisman race are Alabama's Derrick Henry and LSU's Leonard Fournette, and they will all be playing at the same time on Saturday.

Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/Foot...-Elliotts-Heisman-Campaign-Begins-on-Saturday

 

[ImFrigginFly]

Funny to think back on Urban's "inability" to have a 1,000+ yard rusher.

 

[matcar]

Meyer did adjust somewhat. And coming to tOSU, where top flight RBs come regularly, obviously helped ease that transition.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

 

[ScriptOhio]

URBAN MEYER: PLAN FOR STAR RUNNING BACK EZEKIEL ELLIOTT WON'T CHANGE DURING OHIO STATE'S STRETCH RUN

When the Ohio State offense comes to the sideline, there's usually one player constantly chirping at head coach Urban Meyer: Heisman Trophy contender Ezekiel Elliott.

"Zeke was outstanding, 180 yards," Meyer said Monday of Elliott's performance in a 28-3 victory at Illinois. "And was just constantly in my ear to keep going at the end, and I pulled him out because I can't imagine walking in front of you guys here if something bad would have happened. We did the right thing and pulled him out of there."

That's not an anomaly, either. Elliott's right in the forefront of the Heisman conversation, having a stellar year for Ohio State (1,425 yards on 220 carries, 16 touchdowns) in the process. He pleads often for more touches.

Elliott is his team's best offensive option and deserves to have the ball in his hands often, but Meyer said Tuesday there haven't been discussions to have the running back tote it more often in the team's next two games against stiff competition Michigan State and Michigan.

"Not at all," Meyer said on the Big Ten teleconference. "We’ve never even thought that way because we have to win each game we play and it hasn’t been easy."

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...lliott-wont-change-during-ohio-states-stretch

 

[pnuts34]

Meyer did adjust somewhat. And coming to tOSU, where top flight RBs come regularly, obviously helped ease that transition.

You're acting like UF didn't have a list of stellar RBs as well... They had just as many come through their doors, but didn't pan out. Many didn't fit the offense and it seemed like Urban was star chasing more than he is now, where as he's fitting guys to the system.

 

[Crump's brother]

Meyer never really had the bigger backs at UF, though. There was the one guy from Ohio whose name escapes me, but he couldn't find the Hyde/Elliot types. Tebow was his best short yardage back.