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Though He Still Dreams of Playing Quarterback, Torrance Gibson Gaining Confidence at Wide Receiver for Ohio State

Seemingly every time Urban Meyer talks about Torrance Gibson, he brings up how the former four-star dual-threat quarterback recruit is an athletic freak with all sorts of promise.

"Torrance is showing flashes," Meyer said at Big Ten Media Days.

And in April during spring practice: "He's trying hard, but we've gotta move him into that point where he's a talented guy but he's moved up with his potential," Meyer said.

Gibson shifted to wide receiver at this time a year ago, doing so because he wanted to help Ohio State win football games in 2015 and knew that wouldn't be able to do that with J.