URBAN MEYER HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO PLAY TATE MARTELL IN 2018
Urban Meyer is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to his quarterback situation in 2018.
With Joe Burrow gone to LSU, Meyer has just two healthy scholarship quarterbacks on his roster in Dwayne Haskins and Tate Martell, as freshman Matthew Baldwin continues to recover from an ACL injury suffered in December.
Haskins is the clear favorite to be the starter when Ohio State opens the season against Oregon State on Sept. 1, but Martell has proven his value, showing off his running abilities in a pair of spring games in his short time in Columbus.
Prior to Burrow's transfer, it was clear that regardless of who won the starting job, Martell was going to have some kind of package of plays installed for him. Meyer knows he has to play the former five-star prospect, or Martell, like Burrow, could leave for another program. Martell, the former Gatorade High School Player of the Year, could probably start for a good majority of Div. I programs right now, and if he doesn't see the field at OSU soon, he will find a way to get on the field elsewhere.
Because of Burrow's transfer however, Meyer is in that tough spot previously mentioned. With virtually no depth behind Martell, does he risk injury to Martell by playing him meaningful reps in 2018? Or should he shelf Martell, and save him in the event that Haskins would go down?
There is only one real answer here: Play him, or lose him.
Like any competitor, Martell wants to play. He came from one of the top high school programs in the country where he was a multi-year starter. Sitting the bench all of last season wasn't exactly easy for him a season ago. He expects to play in 2018, either as the starter, or in a specialist role.
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