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The Story of Why and How Miyan Williams Underwent a Substantial Seven-Month Physical Transformation

Watching the return of Ohio State football players shuffling in and out of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center last Monday, there wasn’t one single thing that truly stood out throughout a hot morning and afternoon – other than the overall fact that players were actually returning and the debate circling of “Burrito or Bowl?” when dissecting Ryan Day’s Chipotle order.

But around hour No. 7 of this player parade, the man they call “Fat Boy” strolled into the facility, equipped with a white tank top, a white mask and a severely outdated nickname.

Less than seven months ago, Miyan Williams walked through the Ohio Stadium tunnel on a Saturday morning for his first game day visit at The Shoe to watch the Buckeyes beat Penn State, and the sun had barely gone down when he announced his intentions to flip his commitment from Iowa State to Ohio State.