Ohio State opens the season in 12 days and the Buckeyes aren’t prepared to call a alternative for quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Head coach Ryan Day confirmed Monday that sophomores Kyle McCord and Devin Brown are nonetheless locked in a QB1 battle.
“It is school soccer. Yearly has a distinct story, yearly has a distinct problem,” Day stated. “I do know, in my coronary heart, this factor will work itself out. I am pleased with the best way the fellows are competing, if I felt some other method, I would say it.
“However, now they will need to go, maintain pushing by means of, competing and if it goes into the season, it goes into the season.”
Day stated McCord and Brown have taken turns within the lead all through the offseason.
“There was a degree twice in camp the place I believed one was pulling away from the opposite. Then two practices glided by and the opposite one actually performed properly and the opposite one form of leveled off,” Day stated, per ESPN. “And I’d allow them to know, too, proper then and there. I would say, ‘You have been pulling away, and he simply form of took over a little bit bit.’ One factor’s for positive is they can not take a down off, they can not take a play off.”
McCord has accomplished 41 of 58 passes (70.7 p.c) for 606 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions in 12 video games over the previous two seasons.
Brown performed a complete of 15 snaps in two video games in 2022. He has not tried a cross.
The Buckeyes, ranked No. 3 within the Related Press preseason High 25, kick off the season at Indiana on Sept. 2.
The Houston Texans drafted Stroud with the No. 2 total decide in April. He handed for 3,688 yards, 41 touchdowns and simply six interceptions for the 11-2 Buckeyes final season.
—Discipline Degree Media
