Tennessee football RB leaves Ohio State game in CFP

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson is out of the College Football Playoff with an apparent hamstring injury against Ohio State.

Sampson, the SEC Offensive Player of the Year, rushed for 6 yards twice in the first quarter and did not return.

ESPN reported that Sampson was having problems with his hamstring. He sat on the stationary bike and did stretches on the Tennessee sideline while backups DeSean Bishop and Peyton Lewis took his place in the lineup.

Tennessee fell behind 21-0 to Ohio State after Sampson left the game. But most of that damage was done before he was sidelined.

Sampson led the SEC in rushing yards (1,485), touchdowns (22), points scored (132) and yards from scrimmage (1,630) during the regular season.

He broke the UT single-season record previously held by Travis Stephens (1,464 yards in 2001). Entering the Ohio State game, Sampson had 256 rushing attempts, trailing Stephens’ 291 carries in 2001, which was another UT single-season record.

Sampson already broke the UT single-season records for total TDs and rushing TDs, both set in 1929 by College Football Hall of Fame member Gene McEver.

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