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Master Teague III

RB

Player profile

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 225
  • Hometown Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Last School Blackman
  • Year Junior

Follow on Social Media
Twitter: @MasterTeagueIII
Instagram: @masterteague

Ohio State Overview

• Master played in 31 games for the Buckeyes between 2018-21 and started six times, all during the 2020 season
• He elected to forego his senior season of competition in order to make himself available for the 2022 NFL Draft
• He graduated in August 2021 with his degree in communications and was enrolled in an architecture master’s program for the 2021-22 academic calendar
• Was a part of three consecutive Big Ten championship teams and two Ohio State teams that advanced to the College Football Playoffs, including the title game in 2021
• Rushed for 1,764 career yards with 17 touchdowns and a 5.5 yards per carry average
• Also caught 11 passes for 118 yards
• Rushed for 363 yards and four touchdowns in 2021 after starting six of the seven games that he played in during the Covid-wrecked 2020 campaign and was second on the team with 514 yards on 104 carries
• His eight rushing TDs in 2020 were the most on the team and third-most in the Big Ten – with two touchdowns in games vs. Nebraska, Indiana and in the CFP national championship game vs. Alabama
• Rushed for a career-high 169 yards and 26 carries in a 42-35 win over No. 9 Indiana in 2020
• Finished as the Big Ten’s seventh-leading rusher as a redshirt freshman in 2019 while playing behind All-American J.K. Dobbins
• Carried the ball 135 times over 13 games in 2019 for 789 yards and four touchdowns on his way to earning third team All-Big Ten honors
• Had two 100-yard games in 2019 – vs. Indiana (10-106-1 TD) and Maryland (18-111)
• His 73-yard touchdown run at Northwestern was Ohio State’s longest run from scrimmage in 2019
• Three of his four touchdowns runs were of 40 yards or more
• Averaged 5.8 yards per carry, fifth highest in the Big Ten
• Had two touchdowns at Nebraska in 2019
• Carried the ball 17 times in four games as a true freshmen in 2018 before earning a redshirt
• Enrolled in classes at Ohio State in January 2018 and took part in spring drills

Honors & Awards

2021: Graduated in August with his degree in communications; Academic All-Big Ten Conference
2020: Second Team All-Big Ten (media and coaches) OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2019: Third Team All-Big Ten (media and coaches) OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2018: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Master
• Was a four-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals and also listed on the Rivals 250
• Rated as high as No. 8 at running back by Rivals and No. 11 by 247Sports
• Carried the ball 242 times for 2,031 yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior for head coach David Watson
• Had his senior season cut short due to an ankle injury
• Prior to that, rushed for 186 yards on 18 carries while adding two receptions for 58 yards and a 97-yard kickoff return TD in the season opener
• Led Blackman to the Class 6A quarterfinals as a junior
• Parents are Emily and Corey Teague

TEAGUE’S CAREER RUSHING STATS

Year    GP/GS    Att Yds   TD       Y/C     LG

2018          4/0      17  106       1        6.2     33

2019        13/0    135  789      4        5.8     73

2020         7/6    104   514      8         4.9      41

2021          7/0     67  355      4        5.3      21

Totals     31/6  323 1764    17        5.5     73