Ohio State is searching for a new quarterback after Will Howard’s departure, aiming to make another national championship run.
Fox Sports analyst R.J. Young questioned whether Lincoln Kienholz would remain with the program through spring practice given the competitive quarterback room.
“Does he want to go back up somewhere else, or does he want to stick it out?” Young asked. “I honestly look at him, and I say, ‘Dude, you could probably go torch someone if you just went to Tulane, Tulsa, or Boise State, for that matter, right? “You keep going down the line on the Sacramento State with Brennan Marion [their head coach]. There are places for him to go to show out. I don’t know that Ohio State is going to be that place.”
Buckeyes coach Ryan Day has emphasized the importance of quarterback leadership since Howard left the program.
“They’re young,” Day said of his quarterbacks last Friday. “We need them to be tough. We need them to be leaders. We have a leader. Long way to go on it. Don’t have any evaluation on it now. Gonna be a big spring for those guys.”
Day noted that each quarterback has a chance to win the starting job.
While not mentioning him by name, the most highly-touted quarterback in the Buckeyes’ system is transfer Julian Sayin.
“We have some good quarterbacks in the system, and, you know, I shared with all of them that you know now, this was the week leading up to the national championship game that you know you had an opportunity to watch,” Day said. “And so you got to utilize that because that’s exactly what we’re looking for in a leader here at quarterback.”
The quarterback decision will face intense scrutiny as Ohio State attempts to meet championship expectations in 2024.
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