Scouting Ohio State’s newest quarterback Gunnar Hoak

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesTape on Ohio State’s newest quarterback, and presumed replacement at the backup spot for Matthew Baldwin, is a bit tough to get a read on. That’s not because Gunnar Hoak’s game is particularly unique, or strange, but rather because tape on Hoak is fairly hard to come by, as is the case for most quarterbacks that don’t see much playing time in college football. Hoak has thrown just 26 passes in his career, and that means we have a pretty tiny sample to go off of when discussing what exactly he brings to Ohio State.

Because of that tiny sample size, we have to extrapolate a bit, and we have to look to sources —like spring games and high school tape— that we…