After transforming his body over the offseason, Miyan Williams is taking a team-first approach into 2022 and embracing his role as the power back of the OSU running back room.
But Williams didn’t play against Tulsa despite being listed as available for the matchup, which opened the door for a record-setting 270-yard performance by Henderson. The true freshman never looked back thereafter, setting several other first-year Ohio State records while maintaining an iron grip on the starting job for the rest of the season.
“I know in recruiting when we got him, some people said – I mean I've heard it all – people ask the questions like, 'Well, why is he not this? Why would you want this guy?' So I mean, Miyan is not underappreciated by anybody in our building, not by me,” Alford said Friday. “Shoot, I most certainly appreciate everything that he's given to the program.
“It's all about that brotherhood we talk about, that trust and that faith. And then I know that that guy, I can count on him and I can depend on him and accountability issues of, how do you know? Well, look what he just did to his body. That wasn't easy,” Alford said.