Trey Sermon
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Ohio State Buckeyes – No. 8 | |
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Position | Running back |
Class | Senior |
Personal information | |
Born: | Marietta, Georgia | January 30, 1999
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 221 lb (100 kg) |
Career history | |
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High school | Sprayberry (Marietta, Georgia) |
Trey Sermon is an American football running back for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He previously played for the Oklahoma Sooners football Oklahoma Sooners.
Early years
Sermon attended Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Georgia.[1] He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[2][3]
College career
As a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2017, Sermon played in all 14 games and made three starts. He finished the season with 744 yards on 121 carries with five touchdowns.[4] As a sophomore in 2018, he shared time with Kennedy Brooks, rushing for 947 yards on 164 carries and 13 touchdowns. As a junior in 2019, he played in nine games and had 54 carries for 385 yards and four touchdowns.[5]
Sermon transferred to Ohio State University as a graduate student in 2020.[6][7]
In the 2020 Big Ten Championship Game against Northwestern University, Sermon set a new Ohio State Football all-time team record, as well as the FBS Conference championship record, for the most rushing yards in a single game with 331 yards. He was also named 2020 Big Ten Championship Game MVP.
Statistics
Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
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Att | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
2017 Oklahoma Sooners | 13 | 121 | 744 | 6.1 | 60 | 5 | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 24 | 2 | ||
2018 Oklahoma Sooners | 14 | 164 | 947 | 5.8 | 60 | 13 | 12 | 181 | 15.1 | 51 | 0 | ||
2019 Oklahoma Sooners | 10 | 54 | 385 | 7.1 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 20 | 1 | ||
2020 Ohio State Buckeyes | 6 | 84 | 675 | 8.0 | 65 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | ||
NCAA Total | 43 | 423 | 2751 | 6.5 | 65 | 25 | 44 | 425 | 9.7 | 51 | 3 |
References
- ^ Carringtonacarrington@mdjonline.com, Adam. "Sprayberry preaches Sermon's skills". MDJOnline.com.
- ^ "Breakaway: How Trey Sermon found his way to Oklahoma". Oklahoman.com. September 29, 2017.
- ^ "Oklahoma football: Trey Sermon, four-star RB, commits - Sports Illustrated". www.si.com.
- ^ World, Eric Bailey Tulsa. "OU Football: Trey Sermon has gotten bigger and faster - and why Rodney Anderson is the one to thank". Tulsa World.
- ^ "Ohio State football adds Oklahoma transfer Trey Sermon - Sports Illustrated". www.si.com.
- ^ "Ex-Sooners RB Sermon chooses to join Ohio St". ESPN.com. March 22, 2020.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Bill. "Those who know Trey Sermon say running back will fulfill his potential with Ohio State football team". Buckeyextra.
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