Football may be a contact sport, but no offensive player likes being the recipient of a bone-crunching hit – least of all a quarterback.
When J.T. Barrett suffered a broken ankle against Michigan in November, he had to commit to a rigorous rehab program to be back to 95 percent health in July. Braxton Miller has endured several foot and labrum injuries since the 2014 Orange Bowl. Cardale Jones, while healthy, is a big target to defensive linemen who'd like nothing more than to turn him into a smear on the turf.
No matter who wins the quarterback derby, the Buckeyes need the starter to take fewer hits than Barrett and Jones did in 2014.