Head coach Urban Meyer can erase one option in the Ohio State Buckeyes’ quarterback race. According to Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel, Braxton Miller will move to wide receiver for his senior season in Columbus, Ohio.
However, Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus Dispatch reported, per Urban Meyer, that the position change has not been finalized.
According to Thamel, Miller’s decision was a matter of being pragmatic:
But Miller said with more than two months until he’ll be completely healthy at quarterback, he’s approaching this season as primarily a wide receiver.
“For the most part, it’s going to be H-Back and punt return,” Miller said in a phone interview on Thursday night. “It’s a long process to get back totally to throwing and throwing every day. This is the smarter thing for right now, God blessed me with a lot of talent and different opportunities. I’m going to have fun with that and still score a lot of touchdowns and help the team out and be dominant at that.”
It’s hard to believe how much Miller’s college career has changed in the space of a year. Entering the 2014 season, he was a potential Heisman Trophy candidate. He had thrown for 2,094 passing yards and 24 touchdowns while rushing for another 1,068 yards and 12 touchdowns the season before.
Then he suffered a shoulder injury in practice last August that wiped out his entire 2014 campaign. In his absence, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones helped lead Ohio State to a national…
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