June 13, 2026

Observations from Ohio State's First Spring Practice of 2019

The Ohio State football team returned to the practice field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Wednesday morning for its first spring practice of 2019. In his first practice as a Buckeye, new Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields took the majority of the first-team reps, while Matthew Baldwin was second in the order and Chris Chugunov was third. Every quarterback except Baldwin, also including walk-on Danny Vanatsky, had black stripes on their helmets. Both Fields and Baldwin had some off-target throws during the hour of practice that was open to the media, but that’s expected from the first practice of the year; it’s far too early to make any statements about where the quarterbacks are in their development. Chugunov had one of the best throws of the day, connecting on a perfectly thrown deep pass to Chris Olave, who was among the standouts from the first hour of practice…

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