Jun. 4—Ohio State football coach Ryan Day might not know who will be his starting quarterback yet this fall, but he still has a handful of options.
“Yeah we had to bring some extra chairs in there, which is good,” Day told reporters after a fundraiser for Ohio State’s department of psychiatry and behavioral health Tuesday in Columbus.
He was speaking with the local media for the first time since emerging from the spring transfer portal window last month with all five scholarship quarterbacks still on the roster in an era when players frequently look for greener pastures (or at least a clearer path to playing time).
This time a year ago, Ohio State had four scholarship quarterbacks: Kyle McCord, Devin Brown, Tristan Gebbia and Lincoln Kienholz.
McCord transferred to Syracuse in the offseason, and Gebbia, who was brought in as a grad transfer from Oregon State as an extra arm and player-coach more than as a candidate for real playing time, has graduated.
They’ve been replaced by Will Howard, a senior transfer from Kansas State, and true freshmen Julian Sayin and Air Noland while Brown and Kienholz are still around.
The first-year guys might be a long way from playing, but Day has indicated more than once he is concerned about making it all the way through the season without needing to use two or more signal-callers because of health.
“We’re excited about the guys we have,” he said. “I don’t think it’s been any mystery that we plan on running the quarterback more this year, so having depth is going to be critical.
“It’s not going to be the No. 1 thing we do, but we want to make sure we have that depth in our room. I think we’ve done that at a high level, and we’re excited about the entire room.”
None of the quarterbacks wowed in the spring game, but veterans Howard and Brown only played one half, and they are both built to…
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Author : Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Publish date : 2024-06-05 01:11:00
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