The NCAA is allowing student-athletes an additional year of eligibility. It’s one of the few silver linings we can point to as the heavy cloud of COVID dissipates.
That got me thinking: What if you could go back in time and grant a one-time, one-year waiver to any OSU rusher, without that whole global pandemic caveat?
That’s the idea with this list. It’s more than just saying give me one more year of Barry Sanders. Instead, let’s look at the situation the program was in after a player left and how he could have impacted it in that additional year.