Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud will only be used in an emergency capacity on Saturday against Akron, coach Ryan Day announced on his weekly radio show on 97.1 FM The Fan.
Stroud, according to Day, is nursing a shoulder injury and the staff felt a week of rest would do the redshirt freshman some good as the conference schedule approaches.
"We'll see how he's feeling right now, see how he's feeling today coming in, but there was still kind of this feeling that he had that he really couldn't shake and so maybe rest is something that would go a long way for him," Day said.