Remember 2014? It seems like it was about a lifetime ago. That was the year J.T. Barrett lit the world on fire after taking over for an injured Braxton Miller, announcing his arrival in a 49-37 victory over Michigan State and taking Ohio State to the doorstep of a national championship. Since going down with an ankle injury against Michigan that same season, Barrett has barely looked the same. Everyone was convinced he’d peaked, he’d shown the college football universe everything he had in that first transcendent season. You’d be forgiven for buying it, too: Barrett’s numbers in his second season dropped in the midst of a months-long battle with Cardale Jones for the starting job, and his performance as a redshirt junior wasn’t much different, culminating in a shutout loss to eventual national champs Clemson in the College Football Playoff. By 2017’s week two showdown against Oklahoma, Barrett looked…
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