How Ohio State QB Braxton Miller became a wide receiver

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The workouts were a secret, but they weren’t something Braxton Miller could do on his own.

Debating a change in position and in search of some help, one of the most decorated quarterbacks in Ohio State history tracked down J.T. Barrett in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and made a request that caught his teammate by surprise.

“I mentioned something to J.T., and he just looked at me and cocked his head to the side,” Miller told ESPN.com. “He was just like, ‘Why?'”

There was no simple answer that Wednesday in late April, but it largely boiled down to the difficulty Miller was having regaining the strength he needed to play quarterback with a shoulder that had been surgically repaired twice. It was also due to his desire to get back on the field and contribute after missing all of last season.

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