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INDIANAPOLIS — Here are four things we learned about Ohio State as it took its turn at Big Ten media days on Tuesday.
Quarterback competition continues
Coach Ryan Day is planning to maximize repetitions among quarterbacks in the early days of preseason training camp, which opens on Aug. 1.
Day said they will divide the Buckeyes between two of their practice fields for 11-on-11 periods over the first four practices.
Oct 28, 2023; Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day takes the field for warm ups prior to the NCAA football game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium.
“It allows us to get almost double the amount of reps in a less amount of time,” Day said. “The more reps we can get for all five of those quarterbacks, we’re going to do.”
After an off day on Aug. 5, they will reevaluate their plans.
“At that point, we’ll probably be more deliberate about how we parse out the reps,” Day said.
The Buckeyes have a large collection of quarterbacks, including five on scholarship, after none transferred during the spring window in April.
The perceived front-runner in the competition to replace Kyle McCord, who transferred to Syracuse last winter, remains Will Howard. A transfer from Kansas State who arrived at Ohio State in January for his final year of eligibility, Howard made 27 starts with the Wildcats.
“He’s an older guy,” Day said. “He’s played a lot of football. That’s something we watched and evaluated and brought him in. Experience does matter.”
The first two weeks of camp will shape the competition, which includes returning quarterbacks Devin Brown and Lincoln Kienholz, as well as freshmen Julian Sayin and Air Noland.
Brown pushed McCord for the starting job last season as a redshirt freshman and started in the Cotton Bowl before spraining an ankle.
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Author : The Columbus Dispatch
Publish date : 2024-07-23 23:22:36
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