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Ohio State Football: 2016 QB recruits battle and facts about “The Game”

When Ohio State and Michigan face off today each team will be led by an outstanding 2016 quarterback recruit. Dwayne Haskins will be leading the Buckeyes and Shea Patterson will be behind center for the Wolverines.

Patterson was the top ranked pro style quarterback and No. 4 overall player in the class. Haskins was the No. 7 pro style QB and a top 100 overall player as well.

The two took different paths to earn their first starts in the greatest rivalry in college football. Patterson spent two years at Ole Miss before transferring to Michigan. Haskins is his third year at Ohio State and learned the ropes, and the importance of “The Game”, from J.