Contrary to the popular narrative of the day, Ohio State’s Braxton Miller has not given up all hope of playing quarterback again in favor of a permanent move to hybrid back (running back-receiver) in the Buckeyes’ spread offense.
Miller said as much to The Dispatch late Thursday night after the story broke on SI.com that he was making the switch.
The approach is all about “getting on the field while the shoulder is healing to play quarterback,” said Miller, who is headed into his final college season. He still isn’t up to speed throwing the ball after the right shoulder injury and subsequent surgery last August which knocked him out of what turned out to be OSU’s 2014 national championship season.