Week twelve of college football saw several highly-ranked teams in tight games, with a few going down. We also saw a number of true freshmen make big plays in the regular season’s penultimate week of action. A true freshman running back at Ohio State shined when pressed into duty, a SEC receiver put an exclamation point on a great freshman season against the nation’s top team, a Notre Dame corner had another huge game and a former Five-Star Plus+ prospect made a splash.
Here’s five true freshmen standouts from the weekend.
RB Dallan Hayden – Ohio State
Injuries to Miyan Williams and TreVeyon Henderson forced Ohio State to turn to true freshman Dallan Hayden in what was a tighter than expected game on the road against Maryland.