Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 70-0vs Grambling | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | Season-high 9 yds |
| Total | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 |
#24
Sam Williams-Dixon
Sophomore running back for Ohio State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 206 lb · Pickerington, OH
Returning to Ohio State for 2026
The numbers
9
rushing yards · 2025
1 TD · 3 per carry
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 9 rush yds, 1 TD, vs Grambling
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Ohio State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio State in 2024.
Sam Williams-Dixon
He has spent two seasons in the Ohio State backfield. The receipt: 9 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Grambling — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with Ohio State3-star out of Pickerington North
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Ohio State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Ryan Day — 26-4 over that span.
2024Ohio State14-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 9.0 YDS/g, 3.0 YPC, 1.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/45Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 45 inside-the-5 carries (4.4%).
2026 Outlook
Ohio State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Ohio State
Returning around him
- 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 11 Ohio State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -21 net (17 in / 38 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio State · Last season: 12-2 (AP #3) · Talent rank #5 · 2026 recruiting class #4
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology