Don’t overthink this, Braxton Miller is a special football player. Over a year ago, Ohio State Quarterback, Braxton Miller was expected to take the field for his final season in Columbus. There was an heir of incredible optimism surrounding Braxton Miller and the Buckeyes. After all, the senior quarterback had totaled over 8000 yards from scrimmage and 84 touchdowns in his previous seasons, he was a Heisman favorite; his future was bright going into this season and beyond, in the NFL. Calamity struck. The 21 year old star suffered a major shoulder injury in camp that would sideline him for the entire year. It seemed as if his time at Ohio State was over and the outlook of him becoming an NFL player was bleak. An injury to his throwing shoulder could ruin his chances of being an NFL quarterback and the risk of injury could make a positional switch very risky to his own health. After being sidelined, freshman quarterback, JT Barrett took the reins and led Ohio State on a dominant run through the regular season and third string quarterback, Cardale Jones, took over in the postseason for an injured Barrett and subsequently powered through Wisconsin, Alabama and, finally, Oregon in the Nation Championship. Heading into the offseason, Braxton Miller stated he wanted to stay for a final year in Columbus, Cardale Jones decided to forgo the NFL draft for another year as a Buckeye and JT Barrett was only going into his sophomore year. Three different players with different skill sets, but all very talented. …
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