COLUMBUS, Ohio — About 75 miles southeast of Columbus and nearing the edge of the West Virginia border sits Athens, Ohio. Best known as the home of Ohio University, the city boasts an approximate population of 24,000—consisting mostly of college students.
But for the next four months, Athens will possess more than the Princeton Review’s No. 7-ranked party school for 2014, GoodFella’s Pizza and Big Mamma’s Burritos.
That’s because it also happens to be the home of quarterback Joe Burrow, the key piece to Ohio State’s 2015 recruiting class.
A 4-star prospect and Ohio’s reigning Mr. Football, Burrow fits the profile of the typical high-profile player who would headline most recruiting classes. But with Torrance Gibson’s commitment being far from solid less than a week away from national signing day, Burrow seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle after giving his verbal pledge to Ohio State last May.
That doesn’t make Burrow any less important to the Buckeyes’ upcoming class, especially given the position he plays.
After all, if Urban Meyer has proven one thing in his coaching career—and especially in this past season—it’s that he knows quarterbacks.
“I get a little upset when I hear he’s a ‘system quarterback.’ Damn right he is,” Meyer said of his philosophy with signal-callers. “He’s not a grab-bag quarterback, I can promise you that. That’s why I like the way we do our business.”
That’s what makes the 6’4″, 200-pound Burrow’s…
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