Freshman Quarterback Tate Martell Improving, Impressing for Buckeyes


Nobody can ever accuse Tate Martell of lacking confidence or a competitive nature. As a quarterback who went 45-0 in high school at Bishop Gorman, that goes with the territory. Following the first practice of spring camp, Urban Meyer met with the media and when the quarterbacks were brought up, he eventually got to Martell. “Tate Martell thinks he’s playing, don’t no one tell him he’s not going to play,” he said. As the first spring camp usually does to true freshmen, however, it catches up to them, and Martell was no different. “I wish you could ask him how his first two days went,” J.T. Barrett chuckled after the second spring practice. “It’s not Bishop Gorman, that’s for sure.” Two practices later, quarterbacks coach Ryan Day talked about each of the players in his room, and when he got to Martell he gave a simple and almost cautious answer.…

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