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Former Ohio State Football player Tate Martell almost quit football

Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Tate Martell (18) rolls out of the pocket to throw a pass in front of Oregon State Beavers linebacker Andrzej Hughes-Murray (49) during the second quarter of the NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Sept. 1, 2018. [Adam Cairns / Dispatch]

Former Ohio State football player Tate Martell has not had the kind of college career that he thought he would. After being a four-star recruit out of Las Vegas, he had high hopes of leading the Buckeyes as the starting quarterback soon after he arrived.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.