As the rain fell in Columbus early Monday morning, the new No. 1-rated quarterback in the class of 2021 practiced for the first time with Ohio State.
In what Ryan Day described as a “unique situation” multiple times during a press conference after Monday's press conference, former Southlake Carroll High School standout Quinn Ewers arrived in Columbus on Saturday, just 19 days before OSU’s season opener against Minnesota, after he reclassified from the class of 2022 to 2021. By Monday, Ewers was sporting a black practice jersey with No. 3 on the center.
Because he’s the nation’s top-rated recruit, and because of the unusual nature of his early arrival, there may not be a college football player on the planet that has stepped foot on a campus with more pomp and circumstance on day one than the mullet-sporting quarterback.