There are usually two types of running backs in football. The first kind is the swift, speed merchant like Ohio State’s Pepe Pearson. Then there is the other kind of running back that would rather run through you than around you, much like Penn State’s Curtis Enis.”Curtis is a little more of a power back,” said Joe Paterno, Penn State’s head football coach. “Pearson would be more of an open field kind of kid. Pearson is probably quicker than Curtis. They are both awfully good, but awfully different.”The 6-foot-1-inch Enis, with a 225 pound frame, is a powerful runner that hits the holes with authority. Earlier this season, he ran up 241 yards against the University of Southern California. This effort was good enough for fourth place in Penn State’s single game rushing record book. However this Saturday, Enis, last season’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year, will be meeting the Buckeye’s defense. “Curtis is a fine young man and an outstanding football player,” said John Cooper, OSU’s head football coach. “He is a lot different than the running backs we faced this year because he is big, strong and will run over you.”Enis is the second “big-time” running back to leave Ohio to attend Penn State and play for Joe Paterno and his Nittany Lions. Ki-Jana Carter, a native of Westerville, Ohio, also declined the Buckeye’s offers after graduating from high school.Originally from Union City, Ohio, Enis said that one factor that helped shape his decision to attend Penn State was because OSU could not spell his name correctly on recruiting materials.After graduating from high school, Enis attended Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pa. for a year. Enis worked on his grades, since he did not qualify academically at Penn State. Since he was not officially a Nittany Lion, OSU put a full-court press on Enis to get him to change his mind. In fact, the Buckeyes pursued Enis even after he committed to Penn State. Losing Enis to a rival Big Ten school still bothers Cooper.”It really upsets me because Curtis is from Ohio,” Cooper said. “He was the player of the year in the state and we can’t let these kind of players get away.” Last season as a freshman, Enis rushed for 683 yards and scored four touchdowns. He was the first true freshman to lead the Nittany Lions in rushing, since D.J. Dozier did it in 1983. So far this season, he leads the team in rushing at 565 yards on 92 carries, as well as in scoring with seven touchdowns.Cooper said he doesn’t anticipate Enis and Penn State to run right between the tackles.”They’re more of an off-tackle-sweep team, based on what we have seen in the first five ball games,” Cooper said.OSU junior defensive tackle Winfield Garnett said the key to shutting down Enis will be to take the players around him out of the play. “To me, Curtis Enis is very good because he is the type of (running) back that explodes right through people,” Garnett said. “I’m not trying to stop Curtis Enis. I’m trying to stop his offensive linemen. If you can control the line, then you can control Curtis Enis.”