COLUMBUS, OHIO — None of the three freshmen competing to start at quarterback for No. 4 Ohio State has thrown a pass in a college football game. That’s unfamiliar and unsettling for third-year Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who had the luxury of the record-shattering Justin Fields running the offense the past two seasons. Advertisement Day revealed Monday that the frontrunner to start is C.J. Stroud, a 6-foot-3, 218-pound redshirt freshman from Rancho Cucamonga, California, who played sparingly last year in mop-up duty. Stroud has moved in front of Jack Miller, a member of that same 2020 recruiting class, and freshman Kyle McCord. “I don’t know how much separation there is. I’m not sure,” Day said. “But I’ll say that every day (Stroud’s) been competing, he’s been taking care of the football, making good decisions, he’s been a leader. And those are all some of the traits we’re looking for.”…
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