Head coach Ryan Day and the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes face a major question at quarterback entering the 2025 season. Former Kansas State transfer Will Howard, who helped lead the Buckeyes to the promised land in 2024, is off to the NFL.

“Ryan Day saying that he thought Lincoln was in the lead headed into the spring game, and then Julian did what he did,” said cleveland.com reporter Stephen Means on a recent episode of Buckeye Talk, highlighting this unexpected twist in the quarterback narrative.

The Ohio State Buckeyes must find a new solution under center in the coming months, as Will Howard is now playing quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ohio