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QUARTERBACKS CJ STROUD AND JACK MILLER
The headline is a lie. There are more than 10 players on this list.
The reason why? Some of the freshmen didn’t get a chance to separate from each other.
This spring would have been the first opportunity for both Stroud and Miller to go through practices with Ryan Day and Corey Dennis, and it also would’ve given them a chance to finally compete against each other. Justin Fields, back for his second season as a starter, certainly would have benefited from a full slate of spring practices. But the two quarterbacks most harmed by the cancellation are Stroud and Miller, the four-star freshman signal-callers who both enrolled early to try to get a jump on the battle to replace Fields in 2021.
The headline is a lie. There are more than 10 players on this list.
The reason why? Some of the freshmen didn’t get a chance to separate from each other.
This spring would have been the first opportunity for both Stroud and Miller to go through practices with Ryan Day and Corey Dennis, and it also would’ve given them a chance to finally compete against each other. Justin Fields, back for his second season as a starter, certainly would have benefited from a full slate of spring practices. But the two quarterbacks most harmed by the cancellation are Stroud and Miller, the four-star freshman signal-callers who both enrolled early to try to get a jump on the battle to replace Fields in 2021.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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QBs C.J. Stroud, Jack Miller
Technically the list is six Buckeyes since the freshmen quarterbacks are lumped together here, just like their careers will forever be inevitably intertwined after arriving at the same time to play a position where only one guy can play. Camp started with legitimate expectations that either C.J. Stroud or Jack Miller could potentially rise up and become the backup passer depending on how quickly their knowledge of the playbook caught up with their natural gifts throwing the football. Everybody lost key development time this spring, and missing some practices isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things right now. But from a purely football perspective, the lost camp might have impacted Stroud and Miller more than anybody else on the roster.
Technically the list is six Buckeyes since the freshmen quarterbacks are lumped together here, just like their careers will forever be inevitably intertwined after arriving at the same time to play a position where only one guy can play. Camp started with legitimate expectations that either C.J. Stroud or Jack Miller could potentially rise up and become the backup passer depending on how quickly their knowledge of the playbook caught up with their natural gifts throwing the football. Everybody lost key development time this spring, and missing some practices isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things right now. But from a purely football perspective, the lost camp might have impacted Stroud and Miller more than anybody else on the roster.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Jack Miller (FR): By the time Miller suits up for his first game as a Buckeye, he'll have been committed for over two years. The July 1 pledge remained on track to play for Ohio State even though Urban Meyer retired and the team landed a second four-star quarterback in the class. The Scottsdale, Arizona, native was once a clear top-100 prospect, but largely due to injuries over the course of his final year in high school, he dropped to No. 334 overall in his class. Miller and Stroud are viewed as the most likely successors to Fields in 2021.
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ScriptOhio
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Jack Miller not shying away from competition for Buckeyes
Jack Miller spent 17 months committed to Ohio State before he was able to sign.
The four-star quarterback stayed committed through the turmoil of the 2018 offseason, a change at head coach and two changes of position coach. So even when the Buckeyes decided to take a second quarterback in Miller’s recruiting class — one with a higher rating than Miller, no less — it would’ve been foolish to expect Miller to pack up and decommit.
He’s at Ohio State to compete to win a job.
“I never really thought it was a big deal,” Miller said. “I think we’re both here for the same goal. We want to win a national championship here. And that’s going to be the goal, whatever it takes. And if he’s the guy or if I’m the guy, it doesn’t really matter. We’re both gonna just work our tails off and do whatever we can for the team.”
Miller and C.J. Stroud will be forever linked and compared to each other because they came into the Ohio State program as two top-tier quarterbacks ready to take over after Justin Fields leaves for the NFL. Both early-enrollee quarterbacks certainly believe in themselves as players. And both want to play, not wear a headset and play sparingly in blowouts.
That Ohio State would take two quarterbacks in the class wasn’t always the case. But then Dwayne Haskins left for the NFL a year early. Then Tate Martell and Matthew Baldwin both transferred out of Ohio State. And the Buckeyes were left with just three scholarship quarterbacks last season — and one graduated. Ryan Day wants four scholarship quarterbacks on his roster, so Miller couldn’t be the lone signal-caller in the class.
“I really enjoy competition, and I mean, it’s best at Ohio State,” Miller said. “I’ve been committed here for two years and I really never wavered. I never really thought about going anywhere else and just have always known this was the place for me.”
Entire article: https://lettermenrow.com/ohio-state...l-buckeyes-quarterback-depth-chart-cj-stroud/
Jack Miller spent 17 months committed to Ohio State before he was able to sign.
The four-star quarterback stayed committed through the turmoil of the 2018 offseason, a change at head coach and two changes of position coach. So even when the Buckeyes decided to take a second quarterback in Miller’s recruiting class — one with a higher rating than Miller, no less — it would’ve been foolish to expect Miller to pack up and decommit.
He’s at Ohio State to compete to win a job.
“I never really thought it was a big deal,” Miller said. “I think we’re both here for the same goal. We want to win a national championship here. And that’s going to be the goal, whatever it takes. And if he’s the guy or if I’m the guy, it doesn’t really matter. We’re both gonna just work our tails off and do whatever we can for the team.”
Miller and C.J. Stroud will be forever linked and compared to each other because they came into the Ohio State program as two top-tier quarterbacks ready to take over after Justin Fields leaves for the NFL. Both early-enrollee quarterbacks certainly believe in themselves as players. And both want to play, not wear a headset and play sparingly in blowouts.
That Ohio State would take two quarterbacks in the class wasn’t always the case. But then Dwayne Haskins left for the NFL a year early. Then Tate Martell and Matthew Baldwin both transferred out of Ohio State. And the Buckeyes were left with just three scholarship quarterbacks last season — and one graduated. Ryan Day wants four scholarship quarterbacks on his roster, so Miller couldn’t be the lone signal-caller in the class.
“I really enjoy competition, and I mean, it’s best at Ohio State,” Miller said. “I’ve been committed here for two years and I really never wavered. I never really thought about going anywhere else and just have always known this was the place for me.”
Entire article: https://lettermenrow.com/ohio-state...l-buckeyes-quarterback-depth-chart-cj-stroud/
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ScriptOhio
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“Right after my first conversation with coach Day,” Miller said of when he first really saw himself in scarlet and gray. “I think he really just kind of made a really good first impression on me and my family and made me feel super comfortable. I just knew after talking to him, this was the place from me.”
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ScriptOhio
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QB Jack Miller
No two Buckeyes missed out on more precious spring practice time than C.J. Stroud and Jack Miller, the freshmen blue-chip quarterbacks who enrolled in January. Both were expecting to have 15 practices workouts in the spring. They each got three practices, no spring game and then were sent home to learn the complex offense remotely. Both Stroud, a former five-star, and Miller, a four-star, are smart. They still have plenty of time to prove themselves. Fall camp could be the perfect opportunity for one of them to emerge as the heir-apparent to Justin Fields after he leaves for the NFL. First, they need fall camp to start on time.
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ScriptOhio
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JACK MILLER AND C.J. STROUD, QB
Stroud and Miller take the last two spots on our list not because it’s likely that either of them will be at Ohio State for six years, but because it eliminates the question of whether either of them should redshirt this season, allowing the Buckeyes to play both of them as much as they want in a winter/spring season without having to worry about compromising their long-term options.
That’s true for every freshman, increasing all of their potential to play in as many games as possible once they finally get to play their first season, but it could be especially beneficial for the quarterbacks – and their team – to know they’re getting a free year of eligibility no matter how many games they play in.
If Fields opts out of the winter season, it’s possible Stroud or Miller could be the Buckeyes’ new starting quarterback for that season. Regardless, Ohio State will certainly want to get both of them reps when they can. And as long as the Buckeyes play this winter, they’ll be able to do that without worrying about either of them losing a year – which could give whoever doesn’t ultimately win the starting job more incentive to stick around with another year to potentially start later, or at worst, give him another year of eligibility to take with him if one of them ultimately decides to transfer for a chance to start elsewhere.
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