Trey Sermon won’t be the highest-impact transfer on the Ohio State football team this fall. If he is, the Buckeyes are likely to be in a lot of trouble. That’s not a reflection on Sermon, the graduate transfer from Oklahoma who Sunday announced that he’ll play his final season for the Buckeyes. It’s a reminder that quarterback Justin Fields, although adopted as a Buckeye and taken into the state’s collective football family as a full member, is and likely will remain the best demonstration of a transformative transfer. Where would OSU have been last season if Fields hadn’t left the University of Georgia after his freshman year and received an immediate waiver to play in the fall? No one knows, but it’s hard to envision that a 13-1 record, third straight outright Big Ten championship and berth in the College Football Playoff would have resulted with Fields standing on the…
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