Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer expects quarterback Braxton Miller will play for the school this fall and has no plans for him to switch positions. “He’s playing for Ohio State this fall,” Meyer told reporters at a news conference Friday. Miller, who was the Big Ten offensive player of the year in 2012 and 2013, missed the 2014 season with a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder suffered during preseason camp. Rumors have circulated that Miller would use the graduate transfer option for his final season of eligibility. He graduated this spring from Ohio State. Behind third-string quarterback Cardale Jones, the Buckeyes defeated Oregon 42-20 to win the first College Football Playoff in January. Jones is preparing for a highly anticipated battle with J.T. Barrett and Miller for the starting quarterback job in the fall. After Miller sustained the torn labrum, Barrett led the Buckeyes to a 10-1 record before fracturing hisankle in the Buckeyes’ regular-season finale against Michigan last year. Jones then took over and went 3-0 as a starter, winning the Big Ten Championship Game and the CFP semifinal and title game. Meyer said Friday that Miller has been working hard on his rehab and has progressed to throwing up to 35 yards this summer. “He’s in the best shape he’s ever been in his life,” Meyer said. “He’s working his tail off.” Some believe Miller’s NFL future is at receiver or running back. “The objective is to get him healthy,” Meyer said, “and be an Ohio State quarterback.” —Ten days after Florida State landed Notre Dame transfer Everett Golson, Seminoles quarterback John Franklin plans to transfer to another school. Franklin, a rising sophomore, had entered the offseason considered the No. 2 quarterback on Florida State’s depth chart behind Sean Maguire. Franklin missed the spring game due to an injury, allowing backup quarterbacks De’Andre Johnson and J.J. Cosentino to get more snaps in the game. …
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