2011 Quarterbacks Discussion

[BB73]

Playing time in September will be a battle among Bauserman, Guiton, Graham, and freshman Braxton Miller, who is enrolling for Winter Quarter at tOSU and will participate in Spring Practice.

 

[Emperor Brutus]

So, here we go:

#14 Joe Bauserman
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 233
Year: Senior
Hometown: Strasburg, Va.
High School: Lincoln

#13 Ken Guiton
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
Year: RS Sophomore
Hometown: Houston, Texas
High School: Eisenhower

#19 Taylor Graham
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 225
Year: RS Freshman
Hometown: Wheaton, Ill.
High School: Wheaton North

#XX Braxton Miller
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Huber Heights, OH
High School: Wayne

I think everything is right, if not feel free to change it.

 

[bucknut502]

I just hope Tress goes back and notices how well TP played in the no-huddle. I think Braxton would also play well in that offense. That being said, please coach, run the offense that we saw in the first half of the Sugar Bowl.....Here's to the future (Braxton Miller) getting some early reps....

 

[Buckeye86]

I feel pretty good about our QB situation.

With the offensive line and stable of running backs, I think any of the QBs on the roster are more than capable of leading the team to victory... at least in the first five games of the season.

 

[Diego-Bucks]

Has the staff stated plans for Verlon Reed?

 

[OSUbuckeye09]

Make sure you guys watch Braxton Miller in the UA game tonite!!

 

[Buckskin86]

A look at the four Ohio State quarterbacks who will compete to start in place of the suspended Terrelle Pryor in the fall (in order of seniority, with eligibility as of fall):

Joe Bauserman
6 FEET 1, 233 POUNDS FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR
Played in 23 career games, but only twice not in mop-up duty. He has a strong arm but also is mobile. Has completed 25 of 47 passes for 320 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. The pick came on an ill-advised throw when he replaced an injured Pryor briefly in a tight game at Illinois this season.

Kenny Guiton
6 FEET 2, 190 POUNDS REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Played in five games last year, completing 1 of 2 passes for 5 yards, with an interception. Elusive out of the backfield, he had a 15-yard rushing TD vs. Eastern Michigan.

Taylor Graham
6 FEET 4, 225 POUNDS REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Sat out last season. The pocket passer, the son of former OSU QB Kent Graham, had an injury-plagued high-school career in Wheaton, Ill.

Braxton Miller
6 FEET 2, 185 POUNDS FRESHMAN
Named Ohio's Division I offensive player of the year this past season at Huber Heights Wayne. A dual-threat QB who has a strong arm, he already is enrolled for winter quarter.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/01/09/up-for-grabs.html?sid=101

 

[pnuts34]

Has the staff stated plans for Verlon Reed?

I figured he was changed to WR

 

[MaxBuck]

I'll admit to being pretty apprehensive regarding the QB position through Game 5 next season.

 

[Buckeneye]

I wouldn't mind seeing KG. Braxton will have his time soon enough.

 

[GeorgiaBuck2]

Heavy dose of backs.

 

[strohs]

I wouldn't mind seeing KG. Braxton will have his time soon enough.

He looked good in the spring game last year, we can only assume he has gotten better since. No real game experience will hurt tho...

 

[Buckeneye]

He looked good in the spring game last year, we can only assume he has gotten better since. No real game experience will hurt tho...

Who else has "real" game experience? JB?

Love his commitment to the team, but when he drops back to pass I think I hold my breathe far more then I ever did with circle K.

 

[stowfan]

After watching Mo C in high school almost 10 years ago, I recall coming away thinking; he was good enough to start at tOSU as a freshman. I got the same feeling from watching Braxton's last two high school games. Braxton is enrolling early, as did Mo. I'll be pleasantry surprised if we have a better QB, until Pryor returns.

 

[BengalsAndBucks]

Duane weighs in on next year's QB situation.

Quarterback next year


Written by Duane Long | 09 January 2011

Now that the Sugar Bowl is over I thought fans would immediately turn to recruiting. I see some serious interest but the way Jim Tressel and his staff do things there is so little to pay attention to. They get it done early for the most part then try to pick up a few players later with honest to goodness hard work. So much of recruiting that is done this late is smoke and mirrors and flat out cheating. That is something you will not see this staff do. Picking up a couple of national players this late in the process in linebacker Ryan Shazier and cornerback Doran Grant is nothing short of a coup. Any of the others that come in, elite linebacker Curtis Grant or national top ten receiver Ja'Juan Story to name the players at the top of my want list, are just gravy. Fans seem to realize this as the attention has turned to what is going to happen in the fall with the spots opened up by the suspensions of five players, four being starters. There is one that stands above them all. That would be who steps in for Terrelle Pryor.

Unlike in the past there are really solid options to step into the quarterback spot. Ohio State has not been a quarterback school. Ohio has not been a quarterback producing state. That is the basis of all recruiting. Instate talent. Kids that want to come to a school because they love that school. They imitated players from that school growing up. It doesn't matter whether they were pro players or not. As kids those players were their heroes. I am talking about players like Braxton Miller.

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