Ohio State finished the season with an 11-2 record. In the 3 years after his 2 fumbles as a freshman, George had over 600 rushing attempts and fumbled only 6 times. He also rushed for a school-record 314 yards and scored 3 touchdowns in OSU's victory over Illinois. One of his best performances of the year was in a 45–26 win over Notre Dame, where he rushed for 207 yards, his third 200-yard game of the season. As a junior, George became the team's starting running back and went on to rush for 1,442 yards and 12 touchdowns.Īs a senior in the 1995 season, George rushed for a school-record 1,927 yards and 24 touchdowns, an average of 148.23 yards per game, while also catching 47 passes for 417 yards and another score (George only caught 16 passes in his first three seasons). He carried the ball just 42 times, mostly when Ohio State had a large lead late in games, but showed his potential by averaging 5.3 yards per carry. In the following season, George was listed in the depth chart as the team's third-string running back, behind Raymont Harris. Illinois recovered the fumble and drove for the game-winning touchdown.īefore the Illinois game, George had carried the ball 25 times and scored 5 touchdowns, but he had only 12 more rushing attempts and no more touchdowns for the rest of the year. Later in the game, with Ohio State leading by 2 points in the final quarter, George fumbled again, this time on Illinois' 1-yard line. In that game, George lost a fumble at the Illinois 4-yard line that was returned 96 yards for a touchdown. However, he suffered a major setback in a game against Illinois. As a freshman running back, George scored three rushing touchdowns in a win over Syracuse. George attended Ohio State University, where he majored in landscape architecture and played for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. George rushed for 1,372 yards in his postgraduate season at FUMA, attracting the attention of several major colleges. Such choices are commonly made by high school football players hoping to improve their recruitment status with colleges, but for George, it meant another year of the rigorous military lifestyle. George made the decision to stay at Fork Union Military Academy for a fifth prep school year or postgraduate year. He attended Abington Senior High School until the tenth grade, and then transferred to Fork Union Military Academy. He played Pop Warner football for the Abington Raiders. In 2015, he guest starred on an IFC episode of the satirical talk-show Comedy Bang! Bang!, titled 'Eddie George Wears a Navy Suit and Half-Zip Pullover.' In 2016, he appeared on Broadway in the musical Chicago as the hustling lawyer Billy Flynn. Post-football, George earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. George was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Tennessee Titans (both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers) and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Ohio State and won the Heisman Trophy in 1995. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily for the Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans franchise. (born September 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who is the current head coach at Tennessee State. Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1995)Įdward Nathan George Jr.NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1996).Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans ( 1996– 2003).Fork Union Military Academy ( Fork Union, Virginia)

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