COLUMBUS, Ohio -- At the NFL scouting combine last month in Indianapolis, Ohio State's draft hopefuls talked about Julian Sayin as the likely choice to be the team's next starting quarterback.
"Julian's that guy, to be honest with you," cornerback Denzel Burke told reporters.
"Now it's his time," added quarterback Will Howard, the man Sayin and two others will try to replace for the defending national champions.
But Sayin isn't viewing the starting job as his quite yet. The redshirt freshman is focused on spring practice, which kicked off Monday, and operating in a quarterback room that has been reduced by Howard's exit and the transfers of Devin Brown (Cal) and Air Noland (South Carolina).