COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day showed up as an offensive coordinator in 2017, hoping to turn the Ohio State football program into ‘QBU’ and early into his head coaching career, it’s on its way there. J.T. Barrett is the only starter since his arrival that hasn’t had at least one trip to New York City as a Heisman Trophy finalist or been a first-round NFL Draft pick. Next April, C.J. Stroud is sure to join a list that already includes Dwayne Haskins and Justin Fields while also potentially Day’s first winner of the award and No. 1 pick. Those are the finished products, and their developments are why there’s also been an uptick in the level of talent entering the room at all. OSU has landed six five-star recruits in program history, with three coming over the last four years in Kyle McCord (2021), Quinn Ewers (2021/22) — now at Texas—…
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