Article: Small awakening: Speedy receiver-return man displayed his playmaking ability in lopsided victory.

Byline: Tim May

Sep. 25--It might not have seemed like it, but that was a major Small feat the other day, Ray Small's catch-and-run for a 48-yard touchdown.

It was merely six more points in the third quarter of Ohio State's 58-7 drubbing of Northwestern. But Small made it look easy, snookering a defender with a light bob inside before breaking open down the left sideline to haul in the fourth TD pass of the day by quarterback Todd Boeckman.

In the on-again football life of the 5-foot-9, 185-pound Small, the play was huge in three ways:

* It highlighted the Ted Ginn Jr.-like quickness and speed he had yet to flash in a college game.

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