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Ohio State’s Top 3 Quarterbacks of the 2010’s

By Zane Harris

COLUMBUS, OH - APRIL 18: Quarterbacks J.T. Barrett #16 of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Braxton Miller #5 of the Ohio State Buckeyes watch alongside Head Coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes as Cardale Jones #12 of the Ohio State Buckeyes runs the offense for the Ohio State Buckeyes Gray team against the Scarlet team at Ohio Stadium on April 18, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - APRIL 18: Quarterbacks J.T. Barrett #16 of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Braxton Miller #5 of the Ohio State Buckeyes watch alongside Head Coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes as Cardale Jones #12 of the Ohio State Buckeyes runs the offense for the Ohio State Buckeyes Gray team against the Scarlet team at Ohio Stadium on April 18, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) /
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J.T. Barrett put up some career numbers that may never be broken at Ohio State because of how good he was all four years.
J.T. Barrett put up some career numbers that may never be broken at Ohio State because of how good he was all four years. /

The final player and best quarterback of the decade for Ohio State is J.T. Barrett. While he did not have quite a breakout season like Haskins, what Barrett did bring to the table was longevity and stability to the quarterback position. He statistically has had the best college career of any Ohio State quarterback in the school’s history.

After Braxton Miller sustained an injury to his throwing arm in the offseason, Barrett was trusted into the quarterback position as a freshman. In this season, he completed 203 passes on 314 attempts for a completion rating of 64.6%. He threw for 2,834 yards, 34 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. This is the season that he sustained an injury as well and the team went on to win the national championship with him on the sidelines. Barrett finished fifth in Heisman voting this season.

In his sophomore season, he spent much of the regular season trying to win back his starting position from Cardale Jones. He completed 94 passes on 147 attempts for a 63.3% completion rate. He threw for only 992 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions.

In his junior year, with the starting spot fully his, he completed 233 passes on 379 attempts for a completion percentage of 61.5%. He threw for 2,555 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.

In his final year with the Buckeyes, he completed 240 passes on 371 attempts, which was good for his career-best 64.7% completion percentage. He threw for another career-best 3,053 yards, a career-high 35 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions.

Some of the records that J.T. broke during his time with the Buckeyes were Big Ten total offensive yards, Big Ten touchdown passes, Big 10 touchdowns responsible for, wins as a quarterback at Ohio State, completions at Ohio State, completion percentage at Ohio State, touchdown passes for the Buckeyes, passing yards and passing yards per game at Ohio State, and total offensive yards as a Buckeye just to name a few.

J.T. while never winning a championship as a starter still had the best career of any Buckeye quarterback in history and was Ohio State’s quarterback of the decade.

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