Catch this: Braxton Miller moves to wide receiver
With Urban Meyer faced with making a choice among three for quarterback this coming season, Braxton Miller has just solved a piece of the dilemma.
Miller missed the 2014 season due to a shoulder injury, clearing the way for J.T. Barrett. Barrett led the team to 11 wins, but suffered an ankle injury in the team’s final game of the regular season vs Michigan. This cleared the way for Cardale Jones who led the team to wins in the Big Ten Championship Game, the Sugar Bowl and the College Football Championship Game. This year, all three men are returning, but Miller says that you can count him out of the QB mix.
Braxton says that he has been catching passes from J.T. and Cardale, watching film on former Buckeye Joey Galloway (and others) and that he’s ready to switch positions to wide receiver.
He’s all but fully recovered from the injury that kept him on the sidelines last year, but Miller says that he’s still a couple of months away from being able to throw the volume and consistency of passes required for a starting QB, so he thinks that this is the way to go. In an interview with SI.com:
“This is the smarter thing for right now, God blessed me with a lot of talent and different opportunities. I’m going to have fun with that and still score a lot of touchdowns and help the team out and be dominant at that.”
– Braxton Miller
He’s not turning his back on the quarterback role completely. He expects to spend 80% of training camp practicing at WR and 20% at QB. He’ll want to keep those quarterback skills sharp in case he gets called upon to step back into the position. After all, what happens if the team’s other QBs get hurt? It’s clearly happened before. (jj)
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