OHIO STATE'S J.T. BARRETT, CLEMSON'S DESHAUN WATSON SHARE FRIENDSHIP, MUTUAL RESPECT AS TWO OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BEST QUARTERBACKS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Shortly after the Fiesta Bowl matchup between Ohio State and Clemson was announced, Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett sent a text message.
The recipient was someone Barrett only met recently, but a person for which he has great respect: Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson.
“I said, ‘I’ll see you in Arizona, brother,” Barrett recalled. “He said, ‘All right, let’s get it.”
It was a short and sweet conversation between two of the biggest names in college football who will share the big stage Saturday when Ohio State and Clemson meet in the Fiesta Bowl. But while Barrett and Watson are both ultra-competitive and two of the very best at their respective positions, they’ve also become good friends.
They met in the summer of 2015 as counselors for the Elite 11 camp in Beaverton, Oregon. Barrett and Watson hit it off immediately and they’ve remained in contact ever since.
“Just a good relationship from there, talked periodically here and there throughout the season,” Barrett said. “We’d see each other, if we had big games we sent a text like, ‘Do your thing.’ It’s mostly just in-season encouraging and understanding that quarterbacks have an elite little fraternity.”
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