A quarter of the way into the 2023 regular season, Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord has passed for 815 yards and six touchdowns while completing 70% of his attempts and generally ‘looking the part’. He has done so while also relinquishing snaps and entire drives to backup Devin Brown, which is why the former’s numbers look somewhat pedestrian compared to his predecessors (Haskins, Fields, Stroud).
Once thought to be part of a ferocious QB battle, McCord has officially taken the reins of the position and acquitted himself rather well in the process. Not bad for a player who some had given up on, just because he sat behind two-time Heisman finalist and a damn fine American, Mr.