CHICAGO — A year ago, something was wrong with J.T. Barrett.
He was coming off an injury, sure, but it was more than that. It was something mental, something sort of inexplicable for someone who had finished fifth in Heisman Trophy balloting the season before.
“He did not have a great training camp last year for whatever reason,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said Tuesday at Big Ten football media days. “There was a lot of distraction with Cardale (Jones), with who is going to be playing quarterback — and he was still overcoming a pretty serious injury that took a long time to heal.