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Apr. 11—By Jim Naveau
jnaveau@limanohio.com
Ten things to watch in Ohio State’s spring football game Saturday in Ohio Stadium:
1. The competition to become the starting quarterback.
Anytime there is not a returning starter at quarterback it usually becomes the big story in the spring game. The spring game never decides the starter and it probably won’t this year, either.
But with a vacancy at quarterback and five candidates competing for the starting job, the ball will be in the air early and often. Two of those five arrived through the transfer portal — Will Howard, last year’s starter at Kansas State, and Julian Sayin, a 5-star recruit for Alabama, who left the Crimson Tide after Nick Saban retired.
Devin Brown and Lincoln Kienholz, last season’s No. 2 and No. 3 quarterbacks behind Kyle McCord, are back, and freshman Air Noland enrolled early in January.
2. Freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. It’s too early to call him the next Marvin Harrison Jr. or even call him a lock to start. But he has looked good in spring practice and has drawn praise from OSU’s coaches and defensive players. He was the No. 1 wide receiver recruit nationally in the 2024 recruiting class. With Harrison, Cade Stover and Julian Fleming no longer wearing scarlet and gray, he could get a lot of opportunities.
3. Luke Montgomery. The sophomore offensive lineman from Findlay has been practicing with the first team offense at right guard this spring after beginning his OSU career as a tackle.
4. Chip Kelly’s effect on Ohio State’s offense as its coordinator. It probably would be better to ask this question at mid-season when there is some evidence. OSU is not going to put even a few parts of Kelly’s plan on public display in a spring game.
And he really hasn’t been in Columbus long. At the beginning of spring practice, one of the questions being…
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Author : The Ironton Tribune, Ohio
Publish date : 2024-04-12 03:59:00
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