June 14, 2026

College football — Justin Fields' immediately eligibility boost to Ohio State Buckeyes, new coach Ryan Day

Justin Fields’ running ability gives new Ohio State coach Ryan Day a true dual threat.  7:30 PM ET That brisk wind you feel sweeping through the Midwest on Friday evening is a deep exhale from first-year head coach Ryan Day and the rest of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Day and his staff were certainly confident that transfer quarterback Justin Fields would be eligible to lead their offense in 2019, but having those assurances in ink heading into the weekend is cause for a deep sigh of relief. Now comes the fun part. Fields will be the most athletic quarterback Day has coached at the college level. Fields has a chance to be the most prolific too, which is no small feat considering that Day coached record-breaking first-year starter in Dwayne Haskins last season and helped reinvent an offense with program legend J.T. Barrett a year earlier. Fields’ arrival — and…

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