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Here’s where quarterback Will Howard is impressing Ohio State’s wide receivers
Brandon Inniss gets questions about Will Howard, the most talked-about quarterback in Ohio State’s high-profile competition to start behind center.
They come from teammates, asking for his assessment of the veteran transfer from Kansas State.
The exchanges prompt him to point to Howard’s leadership.
“Everybody listens to him when he’s in the huddle,” Inniss said. “He’s the commander. A lot of the quarterbacks have been very good, but he’s been on a different level.”
A day after Buckeyes coach Ryan Day seemingly moved closer to naming Howard as the frontrunner in the battle, impressed by him taking more of a command of the offense in preseason training camp, those tasked with catching passes from the quarterback were in sync.
They concurred that Howard had taken strides since spring practice, looking more comfortable as the signal caller.
The consensus among the handful of wide receivers is that Howard has been more at ease.
“He’s definitely getting more comfortable,” redshirt freshman Bryson Rodgers said. “He’s been a great aspect to this team. He’s a great voice in the locker room, great energy.”
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The demeanor has translated to the fields outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, where the Buckeyes have been practicing since camp opened last week.
“You can feel his fifth-year presence when he steps onto the field,” senior Emeka Egbuka said. “Gets in the huddle, takes command of it, lets everybody know their assignments and what they got. Like a field general out there.
“He has tremendous confidence in his ability, so that that bleeds out throughout the entire offense, and we’re able to play fast.”
Howard is loose enough that he’s even been willing to partake in a little trash talking during competitive periods.
“I like his confidence,” said Jeremiah Smith, the Buckeyes’ hyped freshman receiver. “He’s starting to talk more, talk a lot of mess on the field. I love quarterbacks that like to talk.”
Not always PG, either.
“He says a lot of stuff I can’t say,” Smith said, “but he’ll talk for sure.”
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The passage of time has allowed Howard to settled in at Ohio State. He only transferred to the school in January.
Spring practice required him to digest a new playbook and become more familiar with teammates. The timing between a quarterback and receivers remains paramount.
When Howard met with reporters earlier this week, he described the experience as like drinking from a fire hose.
“It’s something where you’re in a new environment,” Egbuka said. “You got to get accustomed to the people. You got to get accustomed to the new offense. So it’s all coming with time, and he just continues to get better and better every practice.”
The receivers don’t see the trajectory changing, holding high hopes for the athletic 6-foot-4 quarterback.
“Will’s a great quarterback,” Rodgers said, “and he just going to keep growing and keep becoming better and better for this team.”
Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @joeyrkaufman or email him at jkaufman@dispatch.com.
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Bob Chesney has done a good job at recruiting players from the 2027 high school class.
The 2027 class is Chesney’s first real recruiting class and has so far brought in one of the best in the country, ranking eighth according to 247Sports.
With 19 total commits, Chesney has brought in seven 4-star recruits, with 12 being 3-star, and some being borderline 4-star-caliber recruits who can see a rise in their rankings with a good senior season.
While Chesney has done a good job recruiting players on both the offense and defense, the quarterback has eluded him, and he is still searching for a top quarterback prospect to commit to the Bruins.
Luckily for the Bruins, they have had some success in recruiting top players. Recently, the Bruins will get a visit from Colton Nussmeier this weekend, and are now linked to one of the top committed prospects in Brady Edmunds.
Edmunds As a Prospect
Edmunds is a 4-star prospect and, according to 247Sports, the 16th-ranked quarterback and the 17th-ranked player in the state of California.
247Sports Director of Scouting Andrew Ivins describes the 6’5 “quarterback as an experienced pocket passer with a prototypical build that can drive the ball around the field. Edmunds is also capable of escaping from the pocket to pick up a first down with his legs, and is even compared to Tyler Van Dyke from SMU.
Coming from Huntington Beach, California, during his junior season, he led Huntington Beach to an 8-3 record while throwing for 2,724 yards, 32 TDs, and only two INTs on 196-for-288 passing. He also ran the ball 54 times for 147 yards and four TDs.
Ivins does think that while he is very talented, he might need a year to sit behind an experienced quarterback to learn the speed and physicality of the game. If he were to commit to UCLA, he would already have that covered, as Nico Iamaleava would have one more year of eligibility after next season.
Edmunds and UCLA
Edmunds has been off the market since 2024, when he committed to Ohio State under Chip Kelly. Since Kelley’s departure after the Buckeyes championship season, Edmunds has kept his recruitment open while still committed to Ohio State.
UCLA first offered him back in early 2024, when Deshaun Foster was the head coach, and, with Chesney as the new head coach, he has been active in Edmunds’ recruitment.
If Chesney is able to steal away a top quarterback prospect from an elite school within the same conference, it would be a massive win for the program.
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STRYKER, Ohio (WKRC) – An Ohio woman allegedly broke into her ex-husband’s home while he was sleeping and threatened to kill him before opening fire.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law&Crime, 31-year-old Amanda Heller broke into a man’s home on April 26. The man was identified as Heller’s ex-husband by local outlet WTOL.
After the victim woke up, Heller allegedly threatened to kill him before taking out a handgun and firing twice.
No injuries were reported in connection to the shooting, Law&Crime reported. Nobody else was in the home at the time of the incident, authorities reported.
Heller was arrested and charged with felonious assault, attempted aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, domestic violence, and improperly discharging a weapon at or into a habitation or school.
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