Justin Fields has pull.
So much pull that had Ryan Day not landed the quarterback as a transfer from Georgia, K.J. Hill says he would have left Ohio State for the NFL. But not enough pull for Day to name him the starter immediately after he arrived on campus or after he completed 15 spring practices.
The so-called competition between Fields and Gunnar Hoak has continued into preseason camp, even though just about everybody outside of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center believes Fields will take the field with the first-team offense in the season opener against Florida Atlantic on Aug.