Freshmen Tracker: Rutgers

The big news of the day was the debut of receiver Binjimen Victor. In his Thursday afternoon call-in show, Urban Meyer spoke quite highly of the newcomer, saying "he catches everything" and is "quicker than you think."

"Damn, I want to play him," said Meyer. "But I just don't know if we can."

Unlike K.J. Hill and Sam Hubbard during their freshman seasons, he Victor played. He burned his redshirt and saw significant action Saturday. He was targeted in the corner of the end-zone by J.T. Barrett in the first quarter and eventually caught his first pass midway through the fourth quarter.

Antonio Williams was another true-freshman to have his redshirt burned, Saturday. Meyer and running backs coach Tony Alford maintain he's behind Demario McCall simply because of his explosive play-style. Nonetheless, Williams got in the late in the fourth quarter. He finished with six rushes for 28 yards.

Another highlight came from Austin Mack, who was the first member of the 2016 class to lose his black stripe. Mack saw action in every game this season, but recorded his first catch this week against Rutgers.

Perhaps the player of the game, at least from the freshmen, was Demario McCall. McCall finished with 85 rushing yards on 10 attempts with a 39-yard touchdown run. It's worth noting, McCall has more touchdowns on the season than De'Veon Smith (h/t @AJBorland). It'll be interesting to see if he starts getting touches at meaningful moments.

Nick Bosa also made his presence known, recording one sack and totaling four tackles.