June 25, 2026

Why J.T. Barrett as the Big Ten’s QB of the decade both does and doesn’t make sense: Buckeye Take


COLUMBUS, Ohio — For a play, you’d take Braxton Miller. For a game, you’d take Justin Fields. For a season, maybe you’d take Dwayne Haskins. For a championship, you might take Cardale Jones. For a decade? Yes, for a decade, maybe the quarterback you would take is J.T. Barrett. The Big Ten Network did. As part of its Big Ten All-Decade team this week, Barrett was named the top Big Ten quarterback for the last 10 years. That could be the right call. Or maybe he’s no better than fourth among just Ohio State quarterbacks from 2010 to 2019. Two-and-a-half years after he played his last game for Ohio State, Barrett remains both everything you want him to be and everything you don’t think he is. He’s heads and tails. He’s the yin to his own yang. He’s the best quarterback among 14 teams over a 10-year period, and as…

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