Jay LaPrete/Associated Press Braxton Miller twice was selected as Big Ten player of the year before suffering a season-ending injury in camp last year. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is adamant: Quarterback Braxton Miller will be with the Buckeyes in the fall. College Football 24/7 Hot Topics: “He’s not going anywhere,” Smith told elevenwarriors.com, a website that covers Ohio State athletics. Further, said Smith, “If he was (going to leave), it would have happened.” Smith told the website he had talked with Miller “well before spring ball. He’s working out in the weight room and we got into a conversation and I just asked him. I said, ‘You good? All these rumors out there, you good? You need some help if you want to transfer?’ He said, ‘Mr. Smith, I’m not going anywhere. I love it here.'” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer repeatedly has said he expects Miller to be with the Buckeyes this season. Miller — a two-time Big Ten player of the year — hasn’t spoken to the media since Aug. 18, 2014, but given how well his replacements played in helping Ohio State win the national title last season, rumors continue to swirl that he will leave and play elsewhere this fall as a graduate transfer student. » Handicapping schools in mix to land Everett Golson J.T. Barrett became the starter when Miller was injured last summer, and he threw for 2,834 passing yards (with 34 TDs) and rushed for 938 yards (and 11 TDs) before being injured in the regular-season finale against Michigan. Barrett accounted for 45 TDs, which set a Big Ten single-season record. When Barrett was hurt, Cardale Jones came on and proceeded to throw for 742 yards and five TDs in three games — a Big Ten championship game victory over Wisconsin, a national semifinal win over Alabama and a national championship win over Oregon. …
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