One player participating in the NFL rookie symposium in Berea on June 23 is qualified to say who should start at quarterback for Ohio State, and he doesn’t want to get involved. Devin Smith, an Akron native chosen last month in the second round with the 37th overall pick in the draft, caught passes from Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones during the Buckeyes’ 2014 national championship season. The three are competing to start for Urban Meyer this fall. “I don’t know. I haven’t been down there so I couldn’t tell you,” Smith said. “They’re all good. I haven’t been to practice. I don’t know who’s getting the reps so I don’t know what they’re going to do.” Smith was more opinionated at the NFL Scouting Combine in February when asked the same question about six weeks after the Buckeyes trounced Oregon for the first-ever Division I college football championship won in a playoff format. Advertisement “If I had to guess, I would say Cardale just because his momentum is going uphill right now,” Smith said. “But I know Coach Meyer is going to do a great job of getting the right person in that position. “When Braxton was (playing), we kind of ran a lot more than we threw. With J.T. back there, he orchestrated the offense. Then with Cardale, he could throw it out there.” The AFC portion of the symposium this year, in which rookies tour the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, sit in on seminars in Aurora with former players and advisers and participate in a “Play 60” program at the Browns’ training complex with Cleveland area youngsters does not have the star power it did in 2014 when Johnny Manziel was a rookie. Quarterback Marcus Mariota of the Tennessee Titans — from the losing team in the national championship game — has the handsome face to make a ton of money in endorsements, but cameras from across the land did not surround him as they did Manziel a year ago when Manziel broke from tossing the football to the children. Mariota said the best piece of advice he has received came from Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall…
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