Dec. 4—Ohio State fans hoped Kyle McCord would be another C.J. Stroud or Dwayne Haskins Jr.
His head coach might have been happy if he played more like Craig Krenzel.
McCord turned out to be none of the above in his first year as a starter, and now he’s leaving the Buckeyes after three years in the program.
The junior quarterback announced Monday morning he is entering the transfer portal after leading the Buckeyes to a their second straight second-place finish in the Big Ten East.
“I’m extremely thankful for my time at Ohio State,” McCord wrote in a social media post. “Playing in the Scarlet and Gray was truly an honor. I’m grateful for all of the life-long relationships I’ve made along the way here in Columbus. My teammates, my brothers, I’m appreciative for each and every one of you.”
He also thanked Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, quarterbacks coach Corey Dennis, offensive analyst Todd Fitch and OSU fans before getting to the bottom line.
“With that being said, I’ve decided to enter the transfer portal to explore other opportunities.”
On Sunday, Day was noncommittal when asked if McCord was sure to be his starting quarterback next season.
“Yeah, I’m not gonna really get into all that right now,” Day said one of several times the topic was broached. “I don’t think I’m there yet, but yeah, we’ll just kind of see how the practice goes.”
Ohio State is set to play Missouri in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 29.
The quarterback in that game figures to be redshirt freshman Devin Brown of Gilbert, Ariz., true freshman Lincoln Kienholz of Pierre, S.D., or senior Tristan Gebbia, a transfer from Oregon State.
“It’s not just in that positions to try to figure out,” Day said. “It’d be good to just to get out there and have these guys practicing and working because there’s a couple of different phases to the bowl practice.”
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Publish date : 2023-12-05 02:13:00
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