April 28, 2026

Report: Former Ohio State stars Braxton Miller, Troy Smith want to start athletic prep school

Ohio is known for its high school football. There’s enough high school talent in the state to help make Ohio State one of the top college football programs in the country, as well as sustaining multiple Division I programs outside of the Big Ten. But what if the high school football talent in the state could get better? That is the hope of two former Buckeye quarterbacks. According to a report from Marcus Hartman of the Springfield News-Sun, former Scarlet and Gray stars Braxton Miller and Troy Smith are part of a group, along with Miller’s uncle, Paul Miller, interested in purchasing the former Urbana University campus and converting the facility into a high school prep school in Ohio. “My Uncle Paul reached out to me about the acquisition with the campus shutting down,” Miller told Hartman in Springfield this week. “It was a great opportunity to make my dream…

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