Ohio State QB Braxton Miller switching to WR ESPN college football insider Joe Schad breaks down Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller switching to wide receiver and punt returner and how this impacts the Buckeyes quarterback competition. 0 Shares Print And then there were two. Urban Meyer’s job got much easier when senior Braxton Miller, left, decided to bow out of competition with J.T. Barrett, right, and fellow senior Cardale Jones for the national champion Ohio State quarterback role. Greg Bartram/USA TODAY SportsOhio State senior Braxton Miller has bowed out of the Buckeyes’ three-man quarterback competition and plans to focus on playing wide receiver in his final season of eligibility, Miller told Sports Illustrated on Thursday. Miller said he started preparing to play wide receiver this spring in case he wasn’t healthy enough to compete at quarterback after suffering a pair of shoulder injuries. He missed all of the 2014 season after undergoing shoulder surgery last August. Miller watched film of receivers such as DeVier Posey, Antonio Brown, Odell Beckham Jr. and Cris Carter with coach Urban Meyer and snuck into the practice facility late at night to run routes with fellow quarterback J.T. Barrett during May and June. He decided he will spend 80 percent of his time working as an H-back during Ohio State’s August training camp and the other 20 percent with the quarterbacks. “For the most part, it’s going to be H-Back and punt return,” Miller told SI’s Pete Thamel on Thursday. “It’s a long process to get back totally to throwing and throwing every day. This is the smarter thing for right now…
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