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QB1 Will Howard (Official Thread)

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"When I started talking to Ohio State, everything kind of lined up," Howard told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. "I had a list of things I was looking for, in terms of needing to go somewhere where there was a lot of talent around me and somewhere I could compete for a national championship."

"I'm glad I took my time with this decision," Howard told ESPN. "Through it, I got to learn a lot about myself and college football in general. It was a great process. I'm really glad I ended up choosing Ohio State.

"I knew if that if I passed this up, I'd regret passing up the chance to go be the quarterback at Ohio State. I knew I'd be kicking myself if I passed up this opportunity."

Howard believes transferring to Ohio State gives him the chance to win a national championship and improve his NFL draft stock.

"The goal I have, I want to go win a national championship," Howard told ESPN. "At the end of the day, I want to go be a starting quarterback in the NFL ... I feel like the best place to stick as a quarterback in the NFL is as a first or second-round pick in the NFL Draft. Going to Ohio State gives me a chance to make a jump and leap into that conversation."


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Just sayin': Great pick-up. Now I just hope they are not finished and address the other "area of need", i.e. the offensive line.
 
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I see a ton of people going “eh” with this transfer and they’re really off base here.

Same 24TD/10INT ratio that Kyle had but there’s two things that are different. First, Will doesn’t have the talent around him like he will here. Second, he ran for NINE touchdowns last year (has like 19 rushing TDs for his career btw). So yes he didn’t throw for as many yards (I think this is because of the WRs at Kansas State) but he scores points. When you have a defense like ours? Points are what we need. The hell with yards… give me a kid that finds the end zone.

Will Howard is 6’5 245 pounds and is by far more explosive than any QB we have. Go watch his 70 yard touchdown vs Texas this year for example. He pulled away from that defense and that’s something none of our guys can do.

I’m really really excited for this kids arrival!
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
I see a ton of people going “eh” with this transfer and they’re really off base here.

Same 24TD/10INT ratio that Kyle had but there’s two things that are different. First, Will doesn’t have the talent around him like he will here. Second, he ran for NINE touchdowns last year (has like 19 rushing TDs for his career btw). So yes he didn’t throw for as many yards (I think this is because of the WRs at Kansas State) but he scores points. When you have a defense like ours? Points are what we need. The hell with yards… give me a kid that finds the end zone.

Will Howard is 6’5 245 pounds and is by far more explosive than any QB we have. Go watch his 70 yard touchdown vs Texas this year for example. He pulled away from that defense and that’s something none of our guys can do.

I’m really really excited for this kids arrival!
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Other major programs were after Howard too (USC really wanted him) these people who want to talk up McCord if he was so great why was his best option Syracuse? All you gotta do is actually watch the tape and Howard is clearly the better player.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
I see a ton of people going “eh” with this transfer and they’re really off base here.

Same 24TD/10INT ratio that Kyle had but there’s two things that are different. First, Will doesn’t have the talent around him like he will here. Second, he ran for NINE touchdowns last year (has like 19 rushing TDs for his career btw). So yes he didn’t throw for as many yards (I think this is because of the WRs at Kansas State) but he scores points. When you have a defense like ours? Points are what we need. The hell with yards… give me a kid that finds the end zone.

Will Howard is 6’5 245 pounds and is by far more explosive than any QB we have. Go watch his 70 yard touchdown vs Texas this year for example. He pulled away from that defense and that’s something none of our guys can do.

I’m really really excited for this kids arrival!
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I am pumped. Even if we get Kyle McCord + mobility, that's going to be huge. But I agree in that we are going to get something better for all the reasons you've stated.

Our offensive line was bad. Mobility is probably going to be more of a necessity than a luxury.
 
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