Many FBS programs around the country have reached the midpoint of spring practice, including defending national champion Ohio State, where coach Urban Meyer still hasn’t picked from among three really good quarterbacks.
Meyer is losing sleep.
Meyer has a dilemma that a lot of coaches would love to have: He has to choose from among three quarterbacks who have won big in college.
Right now, junior Cardale Jones looks like the quarterback to beat because he’s the only one healthy during spring practice. Senior Braxton Miller is still recovering from shoulder surgery that caused him to miss the 2014 season, and sophomore J.T. Barrett is still rehabbing a broken ankle that caused him to miss the final three games.
Of course, Jones led the Buckeyes to three consecutive victories at the end of the 2014 season, including a 42-20 victory over Oregon in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T.
Meyer’s decision on a starter probably won’t come until sometime during preseason camp, but it’s already weighing heavily on his mind. He seems to have ruled out the possibility of playing two quarterbacks this coming season. So two of them could end up watching if all three quarterbacks stick around.
“That’s the only thing that’s starting to eat away at me a little bit,” Meyer told reporters last week. “It didn’t for a while because you’re just so busy. But now that I’m seeing what I’m seeing, I have such great respect for all three guys.”
