Big Ten’s 10 most frightening players to play against
By Duncan Smith
Oct 24, 2015; Piscataway, NJ, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) turns up field during the first quarter against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at High Points Solutions Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim O
At long last, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer reinstated J.T. Barrett at the starting quarterback role. The Buckeyes won but struggled under the leadership of the previous starter Cardale Jones, but it may be game over and lights out for the Big Ten now that Barrett is back under center.
Barrett has a fairly small sample size this season due to mostly spot duty until last week’s game against Rutgers, but that Rutgers performance put the nation on notice. In his first start of the year against Rugers, Barrett completed 14 of 18 passes for 223 and three touchdowns, and added 13 rushes for another 101 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Efficient and deadly, and prompted ESPN’s Danny Kanell to take to Twitter:
I feel like I've said this a lot. But I'll say it again. JT Barrett should be playing every down for Ohio State
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) October 18, 2015
Until further notice, that’s the plan for the Buckeyes. If Barrett had started all season to this point, there is certainly no doubt he would be the number one name on this list.
As for a glimpse of what defenses have to look forward to for the rest of the season against Ohio State, last year as a true freshman Barrett completed 64.6 percent of his 314 pass attempts, threw for 2m834 yards and 34 touchdowns against 10 interceptions, and ran for 938 yards and 11 more scores.
Yeah, this is bad for the rest of the college football world.
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