COLUMBUS, Ohio — Before he has taken a single meaningful college snap, Legend Bey is already living in his own stratosphere of hype. And after the latest episode of Buckeye Talk, the conversation around Ohio State’s freshman running back just got a whole lot louder.
Stefan Krajisnik didn’t waste any time when asked which player he was buying the most stock in heading into spring practice. “I’ll buy stock in the poor man’s Tyreek Hill. Legend Bey,” he said — and for those who missed the context, that nickname was reportedly coined by Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day himself. When a head coach publicly drops a comparison like that, people pay attention. When it’s a comparison to one of the most electrifying players in NFL history, people lose their minds.
But it was Stephen Means who went deepest on why the buzz around Bey is so much more than offseason noise…