Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller set career highs with three rushing touchdowns and 27 rushing attempts in Saturday's 31-16 win over Central Florida. (Getty Images)

Quarterback Braxton Miller is rewriting Ohio State’s record books.

The sophomore followed his record-setting performance last week with another one Saturday as he led the Buckeyes to a 31-16 win over Central Florida.

Miller set career-highs with 27 rushing attempts and three rushing touchdowns, including 108 yards in the first half. His 140 rushing yards were just 21 shy of the school’s record, which he set last week vs. Miami (Ohio).

Coach Urban Meyer had planned to limit his rushes this week in an effort to keep him fresh and avoid hits, but after Central Florida proved it couldn’t stop him, Meyer continued to call his number. His first half (14 rushes) was bookended by a 37-yard scramble on the Buckeyes’ first drive and then a six-yard rollout with 15 seconds left in the half to give Ohio State a 17-10 lead at halftime.

Following last week’s 17-rush effort, where Miller was twice removed from the game due to cramps, Meyer wanted to lower his rushing attempts to around 15. But a right knee injury to RB Carlos Hyde left the Buckeyes’ backfield with little depth and forced Miller to guide the offense with his feet. Even with a comfortable second-half lead, Miller rushed 13 times.

“I think it’ll be better for my body if I ran a bit less,” Miller told Doug Lesmerises of The Cleveland Plain Dealer earlier this week.

Meyer said they had discussed both his workload and his conditioning following last week’s game.

“We have people that that’s their job fulltime,” Meyer said to Lesmerises. “I hope he cramps up again -- that means he’s got some yards.”

When they review the film of Saturday’s win over Central Florida, Meyer can take solace his quarterback stepped out of bounds on numerous rushes instead of getting hits. Whether Meyer will be pleased that his quarterback rushed 27 times is another matter, but at least Miller’s conditioning was adequate. 

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