Braxton Miller announces he will stay at Ohio State

However, Miller told the dispatch that he is returning to Ohio State with the intention of playing quarterback.

“I’m from Ohio, this is my home state”, said Miller, a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year. “This is where I started and this is where I’m going to finish it”.

With talented quarterbacks J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones also on the Ohio State roster, Miller was considered the one who might go elsewhere to avoid the logjam at the position.

Miller has not only re-affirmed his commitment to the Buckeyes but to the pursuit of being the team’s starting quarterback, though the paper described it specifically as his “initial goal”.

In an interview with the Columbus Dispatch on Thursday, Miller officially announced that he’s not going anywhere and he will indeed compete for the Ohio State starting quarterback job.

Miller, a rising fifth-year senior, suffered a shoulder injury in late August last season. Even if that is the case, apparently Miller is willing to take his chances.

“Schools reached out, they reached out hard, and I kept my head where it needed to be, and I stayed smart with my situation”.

As for the health of his recovering shoulder, Miller said the only reason the doctors say he is not 100 percent yet is due to the rotation in his throwing arm.

He indicated he will embrace a competition with Barrett and Jones once preseason camp begins.

Miller seemingly hasn’t lost a step through his recovery-“As it stands right now, I know I am the best athlete in college football”, he told the Dispatch-and his Instagram page confirms the typical offseason cliche that he’s in the best shape of his life. “I know who I am as an athlete”, Miller said. He was linked to several schools with unsettled quarterback situations, including Alabama, Duke, LSU and Florida State (which did add a graduate transfer quarterback, Notre Dame’s Everett Golson).

That skill set proved to be almost flawless for the Buckeyes in Meyer’s first two seasons in Columbus, as the OSU roster was still short on the playmakers that the three-time national champion head coach so desperately covets.