When Braxton Miller suffered a season-ending shoulder injury during fall camp, J.T Barrett was instantly thrust into the national spotlight as Ohio State’s new starting quarterback.
Now four games into the season, Barrett has settled in, producing at a high level as the trigger man of Urban Meyer’s spread offense. The Buckeyes are 3-1—the lone setback coming via Virginia Tech and a defensive scheme Ohio State was woefully unprepared to attack.
Following the upset loss, Barrett rebounded by orchestrating back-to-back routs of Kent State and Cincinnati. The redshirt freshman is playing so well, in fact, that a question about a potential 2015 quarterback controversy was posed to Urban Meyer this week.
“Braxton’s our quarterback,” Meyer said when looking ahead to next season, according to Bleacher Report’s Ben Axelrod. “To be fair, Braxton’s the Big Ten Player of the Year. But it’s good to know we’ve got both of them.”
History has proved that a good quarterback is imperative to the success of Meyer’s teams. With Alex Smith at Utah, Tim Tebow at Florida and now Miller at Ohio State, that success has been sustained throughout his head coaching career.
It’s early, but Barrett appears to be next in line as one of Meyer’s star signal-callers. While they have different strengths, Barrett has proved himself capable of standing in for Miller.
Here’s a look at how the two quarterbacks measured up in their first four starts under…
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