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Ezekiel Elliott Explodes for Three Touchdowns, Marshon Lattimore Makes a Rookie of the Year Case & an All-Buckeye Fantasy Team Gets a Win

Once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye. Across the Shield follows those who once wore Scarlet and Gray on their journeys through the NFL.

Zeke = Fed

Ezekiel Elliott's status was up in the air for much of the week, but after all was said and done, the former Buckeye back played on Sunday – and boy, did he play.

Elliott exploded out the gates, rushing seven times for 59 yards and two touchdowns in the first quarter alone. By halftime, Elliott was already just 11 yards shy of the century mark – the most first-half yards in his career.