COLUMBUS – J.T. Barrett was supposed to look good in Saturday’s first scrimmage of Ohio State’s fall camp. So too were Joe Burrow and Dwayne Haskins, the two quarterbacks coming for the second-string spot on the Buckeyes’ depth chart. Yet when Ohio State safeties Erick Smith and Damon Webb were asked which offensive players stood out to them on Saturday, both of them pointed to another quarterback: true freshman Tate Martell. “I like Little Tate when he’s got the ball in his hands,” Smith said, referencing Martell’s 5-foot-11 stature. While the three more established quarterbacks wear black jerseys in practice, indicating that they are not to be hit, Martell wears a red jersey with the rest of the offensive players, leaving him vulnerable to get roughed up in a scrimmage. Both Smith and Webb, however, said Martell makes it tough for the defense to hit him. “He’s definitely a running threat,” Webb…
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