June 22, 2026

Miami QB Tate Martell says Ohio State helped facilitate his decision to transfer from Buckeyes

Miami quarterback Tate Martell was once known as the four-star, dual-threat quarterback who was next in line to become a star at Ohio State. But in January, coach Ryan Day lured five-star, dual-threat quarterback Justin Fields away from Georgia after just one year with the Bulldogs.  At that point, Martell announced that he was leaving the Buckeyes program. He didn’t leave because he saw the writing on the wall, he did so because that writing was apparently dictated to him. Martell told ESPN.com that the Ohio State staff told him what his next step should be after the season wrapped up.  “The good thing that happened was that I was told, so I wasn’t in a bad situation, he said. “So that’s the only thing I can say that was good about the situation is I wasn’t lied to.” That would certainly explain why Ohio State did not object to…

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