When Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in 2014, his replacement — then-redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett — felt like the second coming in many ways. Barrett had, by all statistical counts, an insane season — by the end of it, he had accounted for 45 touchdowns with a 64.6 percent completion rate and had led the team to an 11-1 record in games he started.
Barrett’s name will rightfully be remembered among OSU fans as one of the program’s great quarterbacks. He holds dozens of program and conference records, and he led the Buckeyes to some major victories in his time as quarterback.