With just six returning starters in the fold as Urban Meyer and company prepare for the 2016 season, opportunities abound for unproven guys to seize a starting spot.
While every position on the field is crucial to the team's collective success a team void of a legit starting tailback faces an uphill climb toward being elite.
Ezekiel Elliott was more than legit as he carved out a legacy putting him on the short list of the best running backs in school history thanks to incredible seasons in 2014 and 2015 as the team's primary ball carrier.
Now that Elliott is just hours away from being selected in the opening round of tonight's NFL Draft, the Buckeyes must find a suitable starting tailback replacement with redshirt freshman Mike Weber and fifth-year senior Bri'onte Dunn in a dead heat for the role following spring drills.