Ohio State Buckeyes football head coach Ryan Day sees in Julian Sayin what he once saw in Justin Fields, C.J. Stroud, Kyle McCord, and Will Howard before handing over the reins to his offense in Columbus.
Obviously. Sayin is Day's next-man-up under center.
But the Buckeyes' starting quarterback position is a hard one to win. One of the hardest, in fact. Day routinely gets multiple QBs that could start for a mid-tier Big Ten program and become stars at the Group of Five/FCS levels.
Cleveland.com's Stephen Means was able to explain the intangibles that set Sayin apart from the competition, just as his predecessors under Day -- who are all in the NFL right now in varying roles -- did before him.