The Big Ten Conference is teeming with talented, experienced quarterbacks this season. And that’s just at Ohio State. The defending national champion Buckeyes are so rich at quarterback that Braxton Miller, a two-time offensive player of the year in the conference, was moved to H-back. Subbing for an injured Miller, J.T. Barrett was named the All-Big Ten quarterback last year. When Barrett got hurt late in the season, third-stringer Cardale Jones led Ohio State to dominant victories over the University of Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game and Alabama and Oregon in college football’s inaugural playoff. Jones and Barrett are back battling for the starting job at Ohio State with Miller waiting in the wings, but the quarterback riches don’t end there for the Big Ten. Michigan State’s Connor Cook and Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg are likely first-round NFL draft picks. Seven other teams return their preferred starter from last season and Michigan has former Iowa starter Jake Rudock on campus. Ohio State’s national championship mercifully got the national media off the Big Ten’s back, but it came at a price. …
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