Quarterback Quinn Ewers surprised Ohio State coach Ryan Day last week when he informed him he was entering the NCAA transfer portal and leaving the program. Ewers spent only four months with the Buckeyes after graduating a year early from Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas, and enrolling at OSU in August. Quarterback Quinn Ewers appeared in only one game with Ohio State, handing off twice late in a 56-7 rout of Michigan State. “It caught me for sure a little bit off guard,” Day said on Sunday. Viewed as a generational quarterback prospect and the highest-rated recruit to ever sign with Ohio State, Ewers’ enrollment came a month after the NCAA adopted new rules allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, positioning him to earn seven figures in endorsements and other partnerships. Such money-making opportunities were prohibited for high schoolers in Texas. Situated as…
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