COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ezekiel Elliott played his last game at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. Carrying the ball 12 times during a wet and windy last-second loss was not how he planned to go out.

Elliott ran for 33 yards of Ohio State’s paltry 132 yards and the second-ranked Buckeyes had their hopes of repeating as national champions crushed in a 17-14 loss to No. 9 Michigan State on Saturday. Michael Geiger kicked a 41-yard field for Michigan State on the last play of the game.

“This is my last game in the Shoe,” said Elliott, who spent a couple of day in the hospital this week being treated for staph infection. “I mean there’s no chance of me coming back next year. I got to make the most of my time left.”

Junior quarterback Cardale Jones also suggested, strongly, on Twitter that this was also his last home game for Ohio State.

That Elliott intends to turn pro after this season is no surprise.

He is one of the best backs in the country and has little left to prove in college.